Reviews
Alcance
As flamenco continues to expand its appeal across the globe, one familiar disappointment is to hear foreign guitarists who have...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: August/2017
Shadows
It's been a productive few years for the acclaimed and distinctive English art-folk duo of Belinda O’Hooley and Heidi Tidow....
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2016
Cicada Ball
The Boxcar Boys aren’t all that they seem. They aren’t all boys, for one thing: two of the sextet are...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: April/2016
Awal Mara
Having made his first instrument as a boy from a tin can and old bicycle brake cables, the blind Moroccan...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2010
Between River and Railway
Dumfries and Galloway have always been a fertile ground for powerful Scottish singers and songwriters and it is clear this...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2016
Gràs
Hailing from the windswept Outer Hebridean island of South Uist, MacInnes is one of the finest singers in the Gaelic...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2015
Grandad's Favorite
Instantly likeable, this album gets off to a cracking start with a raucous rendition of the classic ‘Jawbone’. Grandad's Favorite...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Dimanche à Bamako
If that title sounds familiar, it probably is: this album shares its name with Amadou & Mariam’s 2005 masterwork –...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: January/February/2024
El Terreno
Jacob Gurevitsch makes sure to stress he is not a flamenco musician – in spite of often being presented as...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: March/2024
