Reviews
Fire Under the Bridge
This sextet of folk musicians came together in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in northern England, in the shadow of the mighty Tyne Bridge,...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2020
The Best of Soapkills
In 2009 I spent a week in Beirut lecturing on music journalism and asked each of my students to bring...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
The Soul of Epirus
Petroloukas Halkias & Vasilis Kostas
Petroloukas Halkias (also spelled Chalkias) is a revered 85-year-old clarinettist, while Vasilis Kostas is a rising player of the eight-stringed...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: March/2020
One With the Beloved
Oh dear. On paper, Shervin Boloorian ticks the right boxes. He's a refugee from Iran, raised in the UK, with...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Power in the Blood
Buffy Sainte-Marie, now 74 and into her 51st year as a recording artist, was born in Canada to Cree parents....
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
The Book of Transfigurations
American singer Julia Úlehla and guitarist Aram Bajakian are the core of Dálava, a Vancouver-based collective. Their source material lies...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: August/2017
The New Farming Scene
This is the third album from the Edinburgh-based band that brings together British folk songs with the American bluegrass style...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: October/2010
The Essential AR Rahman
If the bansuri (flute) is his magic wand then the symphonic orchestra is his playground. The seamlessness with which AR...
Reviewed by Rafay Mahmood in issue: June/2018
Eyes on the Rise
From the seductive opening bars of ‘Chop It Up,‘ an African rumba-hued acoustic guitar and vocal cut that kicks off...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2023
The Chuck Norris Project
The track titles of this sixth album from the Edinburgh-based Americana collective read like a back-catalogue of dodgy Hollywood action...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2015
