Reviews
American Folk Fantasies Vol 1: Oysters Ice Cream Lemonade
Dick Connette doesn't see music in terms of white and black, urban or rural, folk or funk, blues or country....
Reviewed by Gerald Seligman in issue: October/2017
What Are We Trying to Say
Teesside-born husband-and-wife duo Stu and Debbie Hanna have racked up a dozen studio and live albums in a near 20-year...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: May/2023
Sandwood
Following on from two major artistic endeavours in recent years – the award-winning, multi-media project Kin and his Strathglass Trilogy...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: April/2018
Séga Ravanne
This is the latest re-release from Ocora's extensive catalogue of field recordings from around the world, stretching back 60 years....
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2017
Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick 1958-1971
Alongside Alan Lomax and William Ferris, Robert ‘Mack’ McCormick fits into the tradition of white American enthusiasts of African-American roots...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: October/2023
Antipody
When is a duo not a duo? When it sounds like a chorus. Okay, as a joke it perhaps doesn’t...
Reviewed by Sophie Parkes in issue: January/February/2022
Saru l-Qamar
Shivers. Another manifestation of electro-ambient-music from the Global South. I had to think of Naujawanan Baidar’s Khedmat Be Khalq, the...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: May/2024
Incendo
Feisty fiddles and thrilling tunes have long been at the heart of Scotland’s mighty Blazin’ Fiddles – and their new...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: April/2026
Débruit & Istanbul
Parisian producer Xavier Thomas, aka Débruit, burst onto the scene with his debut album From the Horizon in 2012. This...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: June/2016
Om Suite Ohm
The latest instalment of Harry Manx’s strange journey – his ninth solo album – is an engaging affair that will...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: July/2013
