Reviews
Hour of Solitude
Blue Mantra Rhymes is the brainchild of Ed Cooke, an English ex-pat living and working in Thailand. A number of...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: April/2022
Songs From Badissa
Cameroonian vocal¬ist and multi¬instrumentalist Erik Aliana and his band Korongo Jam are attracting their fair share of attention, and no...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Céu e Mar
Leila Pinheiro has an amazing CV; over 30 years she has recorded 16 albums; she has collaborated with the likes...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2012
I Can See the Gates of Heaven
Marta Sebestyén is foremost amongst Hungary’s traditional international fame thanks to her recordings with the band Muzsikás, released on Joe...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Walk the Walk
Martin Nathan (aka Brain Damage) is a French dub producer who takes his dub tracks into the further sonic reaches...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: May/2016
Sadaka (The Gift)
Born in Sierra Leone into a family of musicians, Seydu has led a storied life. He grew up listening to...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2017
The Morning Key
Although their 2012 debut, Way on Up the Hill, was impressive enough to garner acclaim from the likes of Bob...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
The Alehouse Sessions
Stepping into an alehouse with Bjarte Eike and Barokksolistene could well be a dangerously riotous, yet addictive experience, judging by...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: October/2017
The Old School
In a career that spans six decades, Rowan has sung and played guitar and mandolin with Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys;...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2013
The Best Of
When he was just 19 years old, John McCusker gave up his place studying the violin at the Royal Scottish...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2023
