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Review of The Way Home

The Way Home

Donald Grant

Glen Roy Records GRRCD01

Rating: ★★★

Having followed an early grounding in his native Highland traditions with a full classical training, Donald Grant is both a...

Reviewed by Sue Wilson in issue: Jan/Feb/2010

Review of The Stone Turntable

The Stone Turntable

Transglobal Underground

Mule/Cadiz Music

Rating: ★★★★

Transglobal Underground were there at the start, shaking up the London club scene with their beats-driven fusion and proudly hippy...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2011

Review of Before the Sun

Before the Sun

Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage

Sungrazing Records

Rating: ★★★★

Following her fine solo debut, Charms Against Sorrow, the singer and guitarist has teamed up with The Willows’ dobro player,...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2016

Review of Beyond the Blue

Beyond the Blue

Brain Damage meets Big Youth

Jarring Effects

Rating: ★★★★

Jamaican toasting legend Big Youth collaborates here with travelling French producers Brain Damage and Sam Clayton Jr in a heady...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: Aug/Sep/2021

Review of Into the Dark

Into the Dark

Laura Cortese

Laura Cortese

Rating: ★★★

Swelling unison riffs, ringing drones and lattice-work accompaniment: Into the Dark is a celebration of American string playing par excellence....

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: March/2014

Review of The Makovecz Tour

The Makovecz Tour

Félix Lajkó

Top of the World

Fono

Rating: ★★★★

Violinist Félix Lajkó is pretty well known in Hungary, but not so much outside – despite being one of the...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Review of The Brightest Path

The Brightest Path

Patsy Reid

Classy Trad Records

Rating: ★★★★

Patsy Reid is an in-demand fiddler who's been heard with Breabach, Kathryn Tickell and The Treacherous Orchestra, among others. She...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2014

Review of The Innocent Left

The Innocent Left

Gilmore & Roberts

Navigator

Rating: ★★★

Following on from their 2008 debut, Shadow and Half Light, and 2010’s Up From The Deep, the duo’s third album...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2013

Review of Watching the Well

Watching the Well

Jon Thorne & Danny Thompson

Naim

Rating: ★★★★

Naim is a jazz label with an outstanding contemporary artist roster and a reputation for top-flight sound quality and production....

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2011

Review of Jamboree: The Album

Jamboree: The Album

Oily Cart

Oily Cart

Rating: ★★★

Now here's a really cheering and worthwhile project, which is exactly what you would expect from Oily Cart. It's a...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: March/2021

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