Nigel Williamson

Dino Valenti – Dino Valenti

A hallucinogenic hidden treasure

8th September 2017

Son Volt – Notes Of Blue

Jay Farrar's reflective eighth may be his best in years

6th March 2017

Mose Allison – I’m Not Talkin’: The Song Stylings Of Mose Allison 1957 – 1971

Timely retrospective of a distinctive bluesman and "genre in his own right"

6th February 2017

Billy Bragg & Joe Henry – Shine A Light – Field Recordings From The Great American Railroad

Two latterday Woody Guthries make tracks for the heart of America

13th October 2016

Judy Henske and Jerry Yester – Farewell Aldebaran

The genre-defying, Zappa-approved, folk-prog-jazz experimenters lovingly revisited

2nd September 2016

Marvin Gaye – Volume Three 1971 – 1981

Where the Prince Of Soul comes of age

12th August 2016

Kris Kristofferson – The Complete Monument & Columbia Album Collection

Country wildcat's Monumental box, including five extra discs of lives, demos and outtakes

20th July 2016

Baaba Maal – The Traveller

Senegalese singer and guitarist is back on track

22nd February 2016

Rickie Lee Jones – The Other Side Of Desire

Spectacular late career turn, crowd-funded in the Big Easy

6th July 2015

Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba – Ba Power

Powerful Afro-rock from the Hendrix of the ngoni

18th May 2015

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Editor's Picks

AlbumGraeme Thomson -

Joan Shelley – The Spur

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Arthur Russell – Calling Out Of Context / Instrumentals (reissues, 2004, 2017)

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Barbara Keith – Barbara Keith

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Drive-by Truckers – Welcome 2 Club XIII

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Al Stewart – The Admiralty Lights: The Complete Studio, Live and Rare 1964-2009

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