Reviews
The Drunken Wind of Life: The Poem/Songs of Tin Ujević
Musical relations between the US and Croatia are of long standing, with some of the earliest recordings of the tamburica...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: October/2015
As the Crow Flies
The old-time music trio known as Sheesham & Lotus & ‘Son are well known for their dusty and antiquated sound,...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: May/2019
Move
Toronto’s Sultans of String continue their Spanish-guitars-and-fiddle road trip with their third album. Something of a travelogue that careers across...
Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: March/2012
This is Kologo Power!
Music from Bolgatanga, the capital of Ghana's Sahelian north-east region, is hugely different from the more accessible highlife generally made...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Junkerpunch
Hillfolk Noir are a trio of banjo, fiddle and double bass who hail from Boise, Idaho. The band are led...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: August/2017
Three Thin Dimes
Matt Gordon & Leonard Podolak with Bill Shanley
On Three Thin Dimes, acclaimed fiddler Matt Gordon, of the Fiddle Puppet Dancers band, and clawhammer specialist Leonard Podolak (best...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2013
Singles: The Definitive 45s Collection
There are still many notable gaps in the history of the mysterious composer and bandleader Sun Ra. Born in Birmingham,...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: March/2017
The Best of the SABC Years
Starting her career in the 1950s, Irene Mawela wrote songs for the Dark City Sisters and the Mahotella Queens, was...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2019
Reckless Saints
There's something retro and regional about Kim Mayfield's fluffy girlish vocals that pleasantly invokes the late and legendary Tammy Wynette,...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: March/2019
