Reviews
Vintage Americana
Ian McCamy is one of the leading fiddlers in old¬time American music circles. His illustrious playing has sparkled throughout albums...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
A Golden Thread
Pete Morton is unashamedly old school – in the best possible way. He's a fine singer, with a relaxed but...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Nanna
Xavier Rudd & the United Nations
The eighth studio album from the barefoot Aussie troubadour sees him foregoing his one-man band approach, where he multi-tracked countless...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2015
Agüeros
One accusation that cannot be fired at Colombia’s Sonoras Mil, the project of Felipe Gómez Ossa, is a lack of...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: April/2022
Impromptu
Angelo Debarre, born in St-Denis, France, starte d playing guitar at the age of eight. A member of the Manouche...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
17 Golden Greats
The liturgical chanting of the Tibetan monasteries is one of the great ‘endangered species’ of cultural preservation in Tibet, so...
Reviewed by Tom Hamilton in issue: October/2014
Don Letts Presents Culture Clash Radio
Don Letts started as DJ at the Roxy, the first London punk club, and this has allowed him to enjoy...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2017
Addoh
On this, his debut album, guitarist and singer Oumar Konaté seeks to place himself among the ever-growing pantheon of Mali's...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
El Ndjoum
Algerian singer Sofiane Saidi and Mazalda, a rai-crazy band of seven funky exponents of electronic and acoustic sounds, collaborate successfully...
Reviewed by Marwan Shamiyeh in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Waterbound
The Norwich-based folk trio of Christina Alden, Alex Patterson and Noel Dashwood have been determinedly ‘homespun’ on their previous two...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2020
