Reviews
There is Only Love and Fear
The composer, producer and percussionist Bex Burch has built a cult following on thinking outside the box, her leftfield smarts...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: December/2023
Agôra
This prolific world-jazz trio from São Paulo boosted their profile in 2020 with a BBC 6 Music Album of the...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2023
Agôra
This prolific world-jazz trio from São Paulo boosted their profile in 2020 with a BBC 6 Music Album of the...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2023
Tientalaw
Zani Diabaté's first name may not be as instantly recognisable as his last (many of the Diabaté dan are griots)...
Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: October/2012
Ballads and Songs from the Appalachians
Hedy West is perhaps best remembered today as composer of the folk standard ‘500 Miles’ – a song that she...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Bring Summer
A range of musical styles blow through this pleasing album by this British five-piece – folk, soul-jazz, highlife, disco, rock,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/2026
The Ox and the Ax
It's the little things that count. At first, you might think there's not much to the music of this highly...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: May/2018
And Then We Saw Land
Tunng's fourth album took them over a year to write and follows the departure of founder member and songwriter Sam...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2010
The Mountain and the River
The Mountain and the River is the debut recording by Yuan Deng, an Italy-based female virtuoso of the guzheng (21-string...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: December/2015
The Waters and the Wild
The first two tracks of this third album from the Dorset duo largely sum up the whole set. ‘The Hour...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: May/2018
