Reviews
The Wife of Urban Law
This splendid set from fiddler Peter Knight, with guitarist Roger Flack and percussionist Sacha Trochet, oozes confidence from the start,...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
In Search of the Lost City of the Monkey God
The Sorcerers' second album presents itself as the ‘soundtrack to the motion picture,’ but don't be looking for it on...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2020
No Stranger Here
Shubha Mudgal, Ursula Rucker & the Business Class Refugees
Initially I found the very idea of this album a little off-putting. A selection of 16th century Indian poems by...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Apr/May/2012
Live at the Roundhouse, London
Kiwi nu-dub/soul outfit Fat Freddy’s Drop meticulously craft their studio albums, but nothing really compares to their live act. On-stage,...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2011
Maghera Pony
This disc is a bit of an oddity, but is none the worse for it. Matthew Noone is an Australian-born...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
From Granmaw and Me
These are the last recordings that the American singer and banjo player Hedy West ever made before she died in...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: June/2018
Oldies and Old Time
Ivan Rosenberg seems to care about the material he creates or interprets, as well as about who’s listening to the...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
El Rumor de los Tangos
This album gave me an epiphany – of the wrong kind. Yale professor Robert Farris Thompson once wrote, ‘if nostalgia...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2012
Anthology of Indian Classical Music: A Tribute to Alain Daniélou
This three-LP set, recorded by Alain Daniélou, was first released in 1955. The recordings were groundbreaking in the 50s for...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Connectivity
Grace Petrie has her huge following of loyal fans and their propensity for singing in mind on her aptly-named new...
Reviewed by Sophie Parkes in issue: December/2021
