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"Folk or hip hop? I don't know, but Dizraeli and the Small Gods make me realise how wonderful it is to hear real English - fluent, witty and arresting"
Chris Wood in The Times February 2012
"Laura Marling, introduced as one of the greatest folk singers of all time, draws the biggest crowd of the weekend... It's Dizraeli & The Small Gods, however, telling touching, funny stories of riots, atheism, Englishness, through folk, rap, spoken word and hymns, who embody 21st-century folk."
The Independent, August 2011. Full review here.
“A standing ovation at the end (a near unheard-of phenomenon in the sedate Poetry Tent … reaffirmed my continued belief that whatever form Diz is playing in, he’s deserving of a much higher status. Definitely one to catch at every opportunity.”
Music News review of Latitude gig, July 2011.
Full review here.
“Refreshingly shameless… unusual and addictive… in both style and quality, Engurland is way ahead of the rest.”
Sound On Sound magazine on Engurland (City Shanties), October 2010.
Full review here.
“Dizraeli is a true folk hero, capturing the truth of our times with groundlevel honesty … a wealth of music, wit and wisdom. Five stars.”
Venue Magazine on Engurland (City Shanties) , January 2010.
“[Bomb Tesco] is great man…brill track..love to play it on radio 1 but I'd get sacked.”
Rob Da Bank (Radio 1)
“A genuine original, Engurland (City Shanties) successfully combines the urban and the rural in a way you wish town planners and architects would and quite simply for that reason alone nobody beats the Diz. Four and a half stars”
Monkeyboxing, Dec ’09.
Full review here.
“With [Bellatrix's] stupefyingly impressive beats, Dizraeli’s intelligent, impassioned storytelling and backing from the impeccably folky yet funky band, tonight’s entertainment is rapidly elevated far beyond that of a normal hip-hop show into something quite remarkable.”
Venue Magazine, Nov ’09.
(Dizraeli and the Small Gods at the Croft, Bristol).
“His work is incisive and often dark, cutting brutally to the heart of the matter with a directness which gives me goose bumps”
Spoonfed, Oct ’09.
Full review here.
“Revitalizing, invigorating, stimulating … UK Hip Hop has not seen anything quite like this before.”
Certified Banger, Oct 09
Full review here.
“[Reach Out] is a beautiful track that I’ll playing over and over in the weeks and months to come – an instant classic”
Certified Banger, August ’09.
Full review here.
“Reach Out is set to become a seminal folk-hop standard”
Monkeyboxing, August ’09.
Full review here.