Reviews
Les Nuits
This collaboration between the Anglo-Middle Eastern singer and Egyptian composer and multi-instrumentalist Samy Bishai emerged from a stage collaboration with...
Reviewed by Jim Cumming in issue: March/2014
Up the Hill and Through the Fog
The COVID-19 pandemic exacted a particularly tough toll on The Slocan Ramblers. Bandmates Adrian Gross (mandolin) and Darryl Poulsen (guitar,...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2022
Water of Life
Water of Life is the third album from Afro-Finnish collective Maajo, a group who have built a reputation for melding...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: March/2023
Introducing the Wagon Tales
This debut album from the current darlings of the UK bluegrass scene stands as a textbook example of what happens...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Long Road to Tiznit
Blues guitarist and serial collaborator Ramon Goose, most recently heard with the West African Blues Project, is back with a...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2017
A Golden Thread
Pete Morton is unashamedly old school – in the best possible way. He's a fine singer, with a relaxed but...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
NEWiD
This sixth album from the traditional Welsh outfit also sees the unveiling of a six-piece line-up and a new singer....
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: November/2016
Hemdem
Sinan Cem Eroglu & Muhlis Berberoglu
Hemdem means, literally, ‘breathe together’ and designates in Turkish one's best friend. But since dem also means ‘drone’ it could...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
História do Choro
História do Choro is an ambitious, meticulous and well-executed journey through the history of an iconic Brazilian genre led by...
Reviewed by Gabrielle Messeder in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Some Other Land
Perhaps best known for his work as fiddler for The Treacherous Orchestra, Session A9 and Peatbog Faeries, Adam Sutherland is...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: May/2018
