Reviews
Strangers
The Teesside vocal trio of Sean Cooney, David Eagle and Michael Hughes have captured hearts – and awards – with...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: November/2017
Vignettes
Vignettes is a series of small windows into the life, history and identity of its creator, London-based sitar player and...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2021
Metal Metal
Who knows if it was anarchic perverseness, artistic vision, or a bit of both that prompted this formidable São Paulo...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: July/2014
11 Dimensions
This is CH Straatmann's second solo album. He's an undeniably talented bass player, who hails from Brazil, with an impressive...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: July/2020
Mask Dance
The Korean quartet Black String take their name from the geomungo, the funkiest of Korea's zithers, whose name translates as...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2017
Cycling Music
Richard Durrant is a brave man – he is attempting to tour his new album around the UK by bike....
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Riptide
This Austin, Texas-based band specialise in a mix of contemporary and progressive jazz with music from the Arab and Turkish...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
World Spirituality Classics, Vol 3: The Muslim Highlife of Alhaji Waziri Oshomah
When Alhaji Waziri Oshomah started his band in Afenmailand in southern Nigeria’s Edo state they would walk miles to gigs...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2022
As If…
British folk’s most prominent close harmony trio, Coope, Boyes & Simpson are veterans of the excellent Blue Murder (with assorted...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
One Morning in Gurgaon
Guy Buttery, Mohd Amjad Khan & Mudassir Khan
When the South African guitarist Guy Buttery embarked on a tour of India in 2019 as part of a trio...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2021
