Reviews
The Watchmaker's Wife
This is a highly anticipated third album from the double-bassist and fine vocalist Miranda Sykes and mandolin maestro Rex Preston....
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2016
Wick to Wickham
Best known as a member of the fiddle-led supergroup Session A9, Scottish fiddler and composer Gordon Gunn has not recorded...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: December/2015
Ahwar
This album is here, there and everywhere. Meaning it is jazz; it is traditional Arabic folk; it is avant-garde; it...
Reviewed by Yousif Nur in issue: April/2018
Sixty/Black to the Future/Notes of Life
With Masekela's live dates cancelled while he recovers from prostate cancer, this budget-price reissue of a trio of classic albums...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Errante
This singer-songwriter (and author) was keen to make her 13th album ‘a real band album’ after the experience of recording...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2023
Lullabies from Scotland
There are some lovely, sparkly moments in this self-descriptive album from 2015's BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: October/2023
Jarak Qaribak
This is more than just a meeting of two rock stars – one the lead guitarist of Radiohead, the other...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: July/2023
Évohé Bègue
Geographically, this mysterious quintet hail from the south east of France but, sonically, they manifest as though from a bustling...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2024
bié Records meets Shika Shika
This collab between Beijing-based label bié and Latin America-focused label Shika Shika is an energising alternative to the well worn...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: December/2023
Master of Bamboo Mouth Organ
The free reed bamboo mouth organ, the khaen or khene, is the iconic musical instrument of Laotians living in Isan...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: April/2024
