Reviews
Laissez Passer
TootArd have finally released their debut album, Laissez Passer, seven years after forming the band. Although the members of TootArd...
Reviewed by Yousif Nur in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Sublime Ragas
A foremost protégé of sitar maestro Ravi Shankar, Kartik Seshadri has very rapidly emerged as one of the world's best...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: March/2012
Our Routes
It 's somewhat quaint in late 2014 to get a new album that faithfully treads the Balkan beats formula popular...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Searching
The press release which calls the second album by the Staples Jr Singers ‘long awaited’ is something of an understatement....
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/2024
Orkney Monster
Well, here is a bit of fun. Orkney-based big band The Chair are a formidable and electrifying presence. With a...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: May/2021
Tiny Notes
If there's healing in song, then The Young’uns are performing some kind of mental health service for their nation. The...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: May/2023
Hammer Down
The SteelDrivers definitely put the hammer down on their latest album, which captures the Nashville-based ensemble’s pitch-perfect blend of country,...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2013
A World of Masks
The Heliocentrics rose to prominence through high-profile collaborations with old masters such as Ethio-jazz king Mulatu Astatke, Afrobeat saxophonist Orlando...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2017
A Strange Day in June
Led by mandolin, guitar, banjo, flute, harmonica and sitar player John Kruth, New York-based The Folklorkestra are a mostly instrumental...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2024
