Reviews
Between The Ditches
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
Each year, Reverend J Peyton and his blues trio [pictured below] set out from their home in the heart of...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Les Vents Brûlants
Ensemble Chakâm are a French-based, female trio of fine instrumentalists. They performed a memorable showcase at last year’s WOMEX in...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: August/2025
1990
The village of Szászcsávás in Romania only has 1,000 inhabitants, but its fame far outweighs its size thanks to its...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2019
The Rhizome Project
It could be said that The Rhizome Project is Vermont-based Moira Smiley’s ode to roots music. But the metaphorical rhizome...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: December/2024
Malta's Lost Voices
Now that's what I call a CD set. A foot-tall board-encased booklet, shaped like an old gramophone loudspeaker trumpet, is...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: October/2011
Em Africa ao Vivo
Despite a career stretching back to the mid-80s, this is among the first of singer-songwriter and percussionist Mart’na’lia’s albums to...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
La Samba Contemporain: Samba Recordings by CPC UMES, 1998-2007
‘E bom Cantar’ (It’s time? to sing) is just one of 36 versions of contemporary samba on this dedicated compilation...
Reviewed by Sue Steward in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Bottle Bank Band
Made up of four Tyneside fiddlers – Sophy Ball, Chloe Jones, David Jones and Stewart Hardy – and taking their...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Murmuration
Coracle are accordionist Paul Hutchinson, formerly of the beloved Belshazzar’s Feast with the late Paul Sartin, plus singer and multi-instrumentalist...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/February/2023
Céu e Mar
Leila Pinheiro has an amazing CV; over 30 years she has recorded 16 albums; she has collaborated with the likes...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2012
