Reviews
The Longshot
Never has hard graft been so tenderly celebrated as on The Long Shot, the North¬umbrian husband-and-wife duo’s fourth album. Stu...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Of Labour and Love
Alex Cumming, Kate Locksley, Rosie Calvert and Will Finn first began singing together after meeting on the famed Newcastle University...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: December/2015
Good and Green Again
Like a roiling campfire on a cool autumn night, Columbus, Georgia-born, Durham, North Carolina-based Jake Fussell’s Good and Green Again...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2022
And If You Will Come to Me
Idan Raichel is a hugely successful Israeli composer and keyboard player with a considerable gift for catchy melodies you can't...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2019
One and All
Forget the lockdown postman and shanty TikTok craze, haul away and pass round the grog, open your gullet and get...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2022
Casa de Trova: Cuba 50s
A decade or so ago, this album would have been one among dozens. With the decline of the CD trade,...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: June/2014
The Last Chance: Eight Songs on Israel/Palestine
Leon Rosselson, Reem Kelani & Janet Russell
I seem to have been emotionallyinvolved with the Israel/Palestine conflict for most of my life’, explains satirist and political singer-songwriter...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Heart and Soul
Better known for bass playing than for his equally natural singing ability, Clinton Fearon reflects on his career with legendary...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: June/2013
Hide and Hair
Originally from North Wales and Yorkshire, The Trials of Cato are a trio who got together while they were living...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
