Joshua Burnside
Joshua Burnside is a Northern Irish folk singer-songwriter based in Belfast. His music incorporates elements of Irish folk, and Scottish folk rock, Americana, world music, sound collage and electronica. His debut album Ephrata was written in Colombia and incorporates Cumbian rhythms, as well as Colombian-inspired lyrical themes referencing the likes of Jaime Garzón. Ephrata was awarded the Northern Ireland Music Prize Best Album award in 2017. Culture Northern Ireland have compared Burnside's musical style to that of Elliott Smith, Nick Drake, and Tom Waits, all of whom he has noted as personal inspirations.
How Critics See Joshua Burnside
Chorus pulls the clearest critic-consensus signals out of this discography: the highest-rated record, the tightest agreement, the sharpest split, and the best place to start.
Teeth of Time
2025
Highest ChoruScore in this discography at 80/100 across 1 reviews.
Joshua Burnside's Teeth of Time opens with a quiet insistence that sets the emotional stakes: the record melds folk intimacy with electronic textures to probe mortality, fatherhood...
Teeth of Time
2025
Best balance of score, review depth, and critic agreement for a first listen.
Joshua Burnside's Teeth of Time opens with a quiet insistence that sets the emotional stakes: the record melds folk intimacy with electronic textures to probe mortality, fatherhood...
