Reviews
Lament in a Deep Style
Christopher King is a collector of music from Epirus, the rugged northwestern Greek territory. He has compiled four previous CDs,...
Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: November/2018
Zoo of Songs
German group Pulsar Trio have transplanted the emblematic instrument of Hindustani classical music – the sitar – into a northern...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: November/2018
Heard a Long Gone Song
Lisa O'Neill won plaudits in the folk world for her 2016 debut Pothole in the Sky. This led to her...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2019
Mind Maintenance
Chicago-based Joshua Abrams is a jazz bassist whose career encompasses a range of experimental strands. He’s long been an aficionado...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2021
¡Vamos a Guarachar!
David Byrne injected irony into cumbia. Argentina's shanty-town bands injected sleaze and spunk. Now, Tucson's Orkesta Mendoza have taken Latin...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Kulintang Kultura: Danongan Kalanduyan and Gong Music of the Philippine Diaspora
This album is a celebration Danongan Kalanduyan (1947-2016), a musician who migrated to the US in the 1970s from Mindanao...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: January/February/2022
Cuttin' Grass Vol 2: The Cowboy Arms Sessions
Sturgill Simpson's Cuttin' Grass Vol 2 features the same combination of insightful, often satirically humorous and self-deprecating, songwriting and brilliant...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2021
Digital Indigenous 05: Katula
Hailing from northern Malawi, this gospel choir began their recording career by accident when they began collecting money to build...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/February/2024
Forest Bathing
The partnership of violinist Heather Trost and accordion and percussionist Jeremy Barnes has moved from indie-leaning beginnings through to fully...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: June/2018
