Reviews
Au Bout du Petit Matin
Tao Ravao is a Madagascan-born musician with a French father and Malagasy mother whose family name he uses professionally. He...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2017
The Bear’s Revenge
Moulettes have been conjuring up a mystical world with poetic lyrics and richly textured music for the last ten years,...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
The Longest Day
Guitarist Toby Hay hails from near Rhayader on the Welsh border. Its atmosphere permeates his second instrumental album; it's dreamy,...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
The Victorians
The fourth studio album from the Manchester trio has been three years in the making. It is produced by Darren...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
More Miles Than Money: the Soundtrack to Garth Cartwright's Book
Garth Cartwright is fast becoming one of the most intriguing and readable music writers in the UK, his upbringing in...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Jorge: The Definitive Collection
No Brazilian singer has chronicled the unpretentious, good life of simple, working-class Rio more faithfully than Jorge Ben. For almost...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
The One and The Many
Great things are expected of Muntu Valdo, the Cameroonian musician who turned up in London from Paris three years ago...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2011
The HillBenders
A few years ago, I was privy to the world premiere of The HillBenders' ‘bluegrass opry’ take on The Who's...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2019
Break the Dawn
iyatraQuartet fuse Western with Indian classical and Arabic traditions, with the four players - violinist Alice Barron, who studied Karnatic...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2020
The Seeds Inside (The Grapes Upon The Vine)
Drawing on old-time Americana and country as well as soaking up influences of traditional English folk music, this South London...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: November/2018
