Billie Marten
Writing of Blues and Yellows
The atmospherically worked mood of introversion is all the more impressive considering Marten’s youth: she is 17
The FT
Passenger
Young as the Morning Old as the Sea
Most of the songs here are almost identical, and the ones that manage to stand out are perfectly fine jaunts into well-cultivated sonic territories
The Guardian
Passenger
Young as the Morning Old as the Sea
Mind-numbingly ordinary
The Irish Times
Passenger
Young as the Morning Old as the Sea
Passenger - for all your indie, folk (with a little alt-country), echoey, slow burn needs
The Music
Passenger
Young as the Morning Old as the Sea
An album that, not unlike the oceans, fields, roads, and relationships that inspired it, remains with you, calling you to return
All Music
Passenger
Young as the Morning Old as the Sea
The Paul Simon-style jangle of Anywhere and lively horns of If You Go provide the most entertaining backdrops for songs that too often stray towards blandness
Evening Standard
Billy Bragg and Joe Henry
Shine A Light: Field Recordings from the Great American Railroad
Shine A Light’s songs tell their own story; one which will prove excellent company on any similar expeditions, whether across the plains or the 08.16 to Euston
music OMH
Billy Bragg and Joe Henry
Shine A Light: Field Recordings from the Great American Railroad
The album mostly shines because of their choice of how to go about developing it
PopMatters
Billy Bragg and Joe Henry
Shine A Light: Field Recordings from the Great American Railroad
By turns sombre and playful
The Line Of Best Fit
Billy Bragg and Joe Henry
Shine A Light: Field Recordings from the Great American Railroad
The best of it has an earthy charm that's touching, musically tight, with a rough’n’ready quality
The Arts Desk
Billy Bragg and Joe Henry
Shine A Light: Field Recordings from the Great American Railroad
The occasional rumble of tracks or passengers can be heard if you listen hard
The Music
Billy Bragg and Joe Henry
Shine A Light: Field Recordings from the Great American Railroad
It sounds like it was a lot of fun, the pair alternating and sharing vocals on songs from the likes of Lead Belly and Jimmie Rodgers
The Guardian