Blogs
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Music Interview: Philip Rambow
|Someone once described Philip Rambow as ‘a musician’s musician’. The 71-year-old, UK-based, Canadian singer-songwriter was the frontman of almost famous ‘70s pub rockers The Winkies, who supported Brian Eno, Lou Reed and Wishbone Ash. During ...read more -
Naim Audio Solstice turntable – not quite a review
|While everyone is lining up to experience the Naim Solstice turntable for the first time, and people are finally able to start both hearing it and reading previews (and our own review), for me… this ...read more -
Music Interview: Matt Owens
|Matt Owens was a co-founder of the hugely successful indie-folk band Noah and the Whale – he played bass for them. Since they split, in 2015, he’s fronted raw rock ‘n’ roll outfit called Little ...read more -
Music Interview: Susie Vanner and Kipper Eldridge
|Susie Vanner could hold the record for the longest gap between a debut single and her first album coming out. In 1968, under the name Sue Lynne, she released a 7in on RCA, called ‘Reach ...read more -
Zuma Lumisonic - custom install sound and lighting made easy
|We don’t do much in the way of custom install products in Hi-Fi+, pretty much for the same reasons we don’t cover that much home cinema/home theatre equipment… it’s not one of our areas of ...read more -
Meet Your Maker: Mads Klifoth, Audiovector
|Danish loudspeaker expert Audiovector is no stranger to the pages of Hi-Fi+. The company has picked up many awards for its loudspeaker designs (both in this magazine and elsewhere) and many of the reviewers have ...read more -
Music Interview: Matt James of Gene
|To celebrate the 25th anniversary of their 1995 debut album, Olympian, anthemic ‘90s indie-Britrock band Gene have had their back catalogue reissued by Demon Music Group. The Deluxe Edition vinyl box set, Gene: The Albums, ...read more -
Salisbury Meditation – Music for the NHS
|Hi-Fi+ has something of a connection with Salisbury in general and Salisbury Cathedral in particular. And while 2020 was a year where the cathedral was often stilled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021 has seen ...read more -
WIN! One of two sets of four Kuzma Damper Feet worth £600 per set must be won!!!
|We have teamed up with turntable and anti-vibration experts Kuzma for two chances to win a set of four of the company’s excellent dampers, each set worth £600! Alan Sircom reviewed Kuzma’s Damper Feet alongside ...read more -
Idris Muhammad: Kabsha
|While ostensibly seeming like a jazz footnote compared to New York City or Los Angeles, San Francisco remains a thriving centre of jazz development. The progressive jazz recorded in San Francisco in the last quarter ...read more -
Blue Note Re:imagined
|It says something when arguably the most important label in jazz comes to London to find artists to cover classic tunes from its enviable back catalogue. And what it says is London is where it’s ...read more -
Music Interview: Emma Swift
|A few years ago, when she was struck down by crippling depression and suffering from writer’s block, Nashville-based country artist Emma Swift turned to Bob Dylan for help. “I began singing his songs as a ...read more -
Meet Your Maker: Luis Fernandes, finite elemente
|German high-end equipment support masters finite elemente had a bit of a troubled decade during the 2010s, but the brand is back, with greater focus than seen in years. A few years ago the brand ...read more -
Emma Swift: Blonde On The Tracks
|Australian-born country singer-songwriter Emma Swift’s Blonde On The Tracks is a collection of covers of some of her favourite Bob Dylan songs and it’s perfectly timed. Bob is back with his best album in years, ...read more -
Staying in is the new going out
|One of the first statistics published in January, the country’s main music industry body – the British Phonographic Industry – is keen to tell the world just how many records, CDs, downloads, streamed songs and ...read more