Reviews
Imaginaries
Imaginaries really has it all: a rock’n’roll aesthetic; an ensemble of talented musicians; a bunch of varied butuniformly excellent songs;...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2012
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Got Myself Together (Ten Years Later)
An interesting concept is this latest album by singer-songwriter and banjo-picker extraordinaire Edward D (for Danny) Barnes. A Texas native,...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2016
Chapel
If you’re thinking Andy Aquarius can’t be his real name, you’d be right. Andy Ozbolt is a singer and multi-instrumentalist...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: December/2021
Dark Carnival
Kate Green is gifted with a fine voice; she uses it with feeling and precision, which makes her a terrific...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2022
Swar Lahari
Composer Avra Banerjee’s latest album draws, as is characteristic of his work, predominantly on his South Asian roots, but with...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: August/2025
Clear the Table
Quoting from hyperbolic press releases is probably not good album-reviewing practice but it's hard to resist the description of this...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2018
Festa!
North Carolinian Andrew Finn Magill is an incredibly polished and virtuosic violinist who has turned his bow to many genres...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Towards the Light
Three musicians from different parts of the globe get together in Montréal, Canada, and decide to form a band. There’s...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: September/2024
Tradition II
Ranagri are an Anglo-Irish four-piece combining vocals, guitars, bouzouki, flute, whistle, harp, bodhrán and drums, its name drawn from the...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2022
Direct-to-Disc Sessions
Islandman feat Okay Temiz and Muhlis Berberoğlu
As well as being a pioneer of Turkish folk-jazz who played with Don Cherry, percussionist Okay Temiz is revered for...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2023
