Reviews
Y Tribanwr
With a name that translates as ‘The South Walians,’ there are no prizes for guessing where Gregg Lynn (vocals, guitar),...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2019
Optimisme
‘Badala’, the opening track on Songhoy Blues’ third album, is rather alarming – which of course was the band’s intention....
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2020
New Anything
Leveret are a squeezebox trio: Sam Sweeney on fiddle and viola; Rob Harbron on English concertina; and Andy Cutting on...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2015
Brasilianos 3
With the other albums in this series, it was hard not to be impressed by the sheer virtuosity on offer...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Bes
Formed in 2012, the trio who make up the Dwarfs found themselves living in the same apartment building in Cairo's...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2016
Island Catch
This is the second full-length release from Taiwanese pipa player Yufeng and American singer and acoustic guitarist Chen, and the...
Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: April/2021
In the Moment: Improvisations and Compositions
John Hemmersam & Asal Malekzadeh
John Hemmersam (Denmark) and Asal Malekzadeh (Iran) can be heard on this recording playing acoustic guitars and daf respectively. The...
Reviewed by Michael Galea in issue: May/2020
The Spirit of the Mountains
Trebunie-Tutki & Quintet Urmuli
The Trebunie-Tutki are Poland's best-known band playing traditional podhale (highland) music, but they are also famed for their reggae fusions...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2017
