Reviews
Clap & Applause
From K-drama on Netflix to K-beauty in Boots, South Korea has been on a remarkable rise to prominence in the...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: November/2020
Empire & Love
The Imagined Village began not so much as a band but a concept – melding multi-cultural Britain with its folk...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2010
Give & Receive
The husband-and-wife Americana duo of Dorothy Daniel and Ben DeBerry, both of whom sing and play acoustic guitar, are assured...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: October/2016
Stand & Deliver
Pilgrims’ Way have had something of a chequered history. In 2011, the trio of singer Lucy Wright, fiddle player Tom...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2018
Toumani & Sidiki
Toumani Diabaté & Sidiki Diabaté
The kora is an age-old instrument, rich in history, yet its promotion as a solo instrument is relatively recent. This...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2014
Inconcreto & Asociados
Colombia’s pioneering Frente Cumbiero are proud tropicanibalismos, a radical, evolutionary outfit dedicated to preserving the traditional cumbia and porro rhythms...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2025
Owerset
Surrounded by the bowed drones of Bridget Marsden's fiddle, Leif Ottosson's accordion and Morten Kvam's double bass, Sarah-Jane Summers' fiddle...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: April/2019
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry & Friends: The Black Ark Years
When Trojan Records became part of the giant Universal Music, reggae collectors might well have feared that the previous stream...
Reviewed by Neil Foxlee in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Warp & Weft
This album is a debut from a duo of multi-instrumentalists Mike Cosgrave and Steve Banks. Built on fiddle (Banks) and...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: October/2016
Birth & Death
Scottish jazz saxophonist-composer Phil Bancroft founded the Myriad Streams label as a grass-roots alternative to the overwhelming choices of platforms...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: August/2024
