Every month I publish Needle Talk, an email-based magazine for people who love discovering music.
Each issue contains a feature, usually built around a single record, opening the door to a new musical rabbit hole for you to explore. From there, it continues with reviews, recommendations, forgotten classics, hidden gems, and the albums currently keeping me company.
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Next Issue Sunday, 6 September 2026
ISSUE #2
Vashti Bunyan and Freak Folk Daniel Bjarnason, Castanarc, hidden gems and more.
...the pastoral atmosphere, the glorification of simple, rural life, Bunyan's fragile, frail, whispy voice.... it all creates an incredible mood you simply sink into....
REVIEWS (3)
Constanarc / Daniel Bjarnason / Mateusz Palka Trio
Plus Recommendations (3), Hidden Gems (3), and more...
ISSUE #1
Stravinsky meets Prog meets Nosferatu Chamber prog of the 70s.
...this music must sound like being stuck in an old attic at night, surrounded by that eerie stillness and silence, only occasionally punctuated by even scarier artifacts: the creaking of the house settling, the water rumbling in the pipes, odd scrapings, and other noises...
REVIEWS (3)
New Jazz Underground / Miho Hazama / Goodrick/Hersh
Plus Hidden Gems (3), and more...