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Traditional folk music at its experimental best
Ben Ray finds Miranda Sykes’ latest release reaches dizzying new heights
OxFolk reviews: ‘March Glas’ by Elfen
Ben Ray is entranced by Elfen's debut release, giving a small insight into the joys of the Welsh folk music scene
OxFolk reviews: ‘Here We Go 1, 2, 3’
“Here we go, 1, 2, 3, hold your hands out to me…” so opens this beautifully formed album ‘Here We Go 1, 2, 3’...
OxFolk reviews: ‘Cold Old Fire’
There aren’t many folk groups that can claim to have originated in an ‘experimental psychedelic folk punk duo’, but then again Lynched, the self-styled...
OxFolk reviews: Life in a Paper Boat
Ben Ray finds surprises in well-renowned folk musician Kate Rusby's new album Life in a Paper Boat
OxFolk Reviews: ‘Vortex’
Ben Ray reviews Methera's new album 'Vortex', and is swept away by their live Corpus performance
OxFolk Reviews: Faustus – Death and other Animals
Ben Ray looks at the UK folk three-piece's latest release
OxFolk review: ‘The Ties that Bind’
Ben Ray looks at Mawkin's latest album, The Ties that Bind
OxFolk Reviews: ‘Cycle’
If I’m being honest, Lady Maisery’s new album ‘Cycle’ came as a surprise to me not because of it’s accomplishment and beauty, but because...
OxFolk Reviews: ‘Old Adam’
“How do stories make us who we are?” This is the surprisingly philosophical question posed to us by Fa Hield in the introduction to...
OxFolk Reviews: ‘The Fade In Time’
Ben Ray listens to 'The Fade In Time', the latest album from Sam Lee & Friends
OxFolk Review: ‘2’
Ben Ray looks at '2', the latest album by The Gloaming
OxFolk Reviews: ‘The Escape’
Ben Ray is captivated by UFQ's latest album 'The Escape'
OxFolk Review: ‘Releasing the Leaves’
Ben Ray listens to 'Releasing the Leaves', the second album from the duo Ninebarrow
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