Reviews
Mozart of the Banjo: The Joe Morley Project
Aaron Jonah Lewis' 24-song tribute to the legendary British banjo player and composer Joe Morley (1867-1937) is a fascinating dive...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2020
With the Dawn
Bella Hardy's new album begins with the track ‘The Only Thing to Do’, a striking and beautiful ballad addressing love...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2015
Weightless
Teotima's second album, released on eclectic label First Word Records, sees the group slim down to a ready-to-tour ensemble. Greg...
Reviewed by Julia Baker in issue: July/2019
365, Vol 1
Recent years have seen several traditional musicians giving themselves new year's resolutions to record a folk song a day, or...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: June/2018
Home in This World: Woody Guthrie’s Dust Bowl Ballads
With planet Earth facing myriad apocalypse-inducing crises, Home in This World: Woody Guthrie’s Dust Bowl Ballads, is a timely project....
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2021
Sølvstrøk
Sarah-Jane Summers & Juhani Silvola
Sølvstrøk – the title alone drips with poetry and mystery. It translates as ‘Silverstroke,’ but hang on to that Norwegian...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: May/2023
African Dances
Shina Williams & His African Percussionists
A classic LP of 1970s Nigerian music, African Dances became a highly collectible vinyl release from a country that was...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Isbrytaren
If there is any rivalry between the nations Sweden and Norway, it’s been set aside by this duo for 50...
Reviewed by Gus Isherwood in issue: October/2013
If Paradise
The GUO must be one of the more ambitious and fluid big-bands in existence. Led by trombonist Tony Haynes, it...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2012
