Reviews
The Last Communiqué
The Last Communiqué is the final part of a trilogy of albums by the Beirut-based composer, guitarist, singer and vocalist...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2011
Sarayland
In the 1980s Sarajevo's Sarr e Roma were one of the most prominent Yugoslav Gypsy bands, with a number of...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Lodestar
In 1959 Shirley Collins collected songs with Alan Lomax in the US. But she loved the songs of the English...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Toca Madera
Of all the music made in Barcelona over the last 50 years it is rumba flamenco (aka rumba Catalan) that...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2010
20,000 Miles
Doug Cox is a Canadian spiritual cousin to Ry Cooder: a bottleneck guitarist steeped in the blues, he finds common...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Tales from the Weeping Willow: Songs of Murder, Death and Sorrow
Traditional folk songs – they’ve got a body count to put gangsta rap to shame. Naomi Bedford has had a...
Reviewed by Tim Camming in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
The Glamoury
A powerful contemporary approach to the traditional ballad, from which she fashions a vivid and poetic set of original songs,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2010
Antifogmatic
Pleasant as it is to hear banjos and mandolins on prime-time national radio, it’s a shame that they will invariably...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Finding Anyplace
There are quite a few groups currently out there whose music has one foot in the chamber ensemble and one...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Celebration
Like many of their Oceanic compatriots, ever since their 2013 debut California-based quartet Common Kings have managed to craft a...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2024
