Reviews
Null
Null is an ‘electro Persian album inspired by electronic music, Persian traditional music and poetry’, as Toronto-based setar (lute) player...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: Apr/May/2013
Essential
To celebrate the 70th birthday of England's foremost folk singer, the country's most original and innovative guitarist and a man...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2011
Wabi Sabi
Sometimes an album title immediately makes you want to return it, unheard. Such is the case with the nonsensically titled...
Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
In Good Company
Within the first couple of minutes of listening to the first track on In Good Company, bluegrass aficionados and banjo...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2012
Long Violent History
In September, with no pre-release fanfare, vaunted country/bluegrass singer-songwriter Tyler Childers released his fourth album, Long Violent History, accompanied by...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2021
Dusty Road
Klezmer might provide the heart of this quartet’s repertoire, but they also welcome added inputs, including tango, Gypsy jazz and...
Reviewed by Marain Longley in issue: October/2020
Three Cane Whale
This debut from multi¬instrumentalist trio Three Cane Whale is a warming cinematic landscape of music vignettes, recorded in a Bristol...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: March/2012
Collaborations
Ravi Shankar & George Harrison
Given the high profile of the collaborators, it’s surprising that the various joint projects, undertaken over more than 25 years...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Boring & Weird Historical Music
As hard to categorise as it is to stop listening to, Boring & Weird Historical Music is a genre-defying aural...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: October/2020
Songs of Struggle & Hope
The veteran Mexican singer-guitarist Lira graduated from fieldwork to songwriting in 1965, championing Chicano equality via theatre and music, while...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
