Reviews
When They All Looked Up
For her first album of new material in six years Kate Rusby has recorded, mostly, songs of her own. These...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2025
Looking for the Thread
Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart
This unexpected but very welcome silver lining collection first came together as a pandemic lockdown writing experiment. US singer-songwriter Carpenter...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: February/March/2025
It’s Not Going to be Okay
A follow-up to last year’s enticingly experimental Teeth of Time, Joshua Burnside’s latest release is a softer, more sentimental offering...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: April/2026
L’Orchestre National Mauritanien
A never-before-released record of a once-famous, almost-forgotten group who were the progenitors of their very own style: this album is...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2023
Mãe Carinhosa
Over her 20-year career, the Cape Verdean legend recorded a vast amount of songs that never quite made it onto...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: July/2013
Slow Music
On this album of gentle dinner jazz crooning, Joyce gathers together a selection of session musician stalwarts who include many...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: March/2011
Les Années Milan
French accordionist Richard Galliano's work for the Milan label includes lots of Astor Piazzolla numbers, to which he supplies bright,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2017
Up Through the Woods
From the first to the last note of the second album from this Derbyshire duo – guitarist Gibb and fiddler...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
La Maison d'Amour
Léonore Boulanger & Maam-Li Merati
Maam-Li Merati is a skilled classical Persian singer, setar and kamancheh player. Léonore Boulanger has learned singing from him since...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: July/2017
Lamwong: Freedom Fighters
The musicians from the Acholi tribe in remote northern Uganda were recorded on Lamwong by producer Ian Brennan, known for...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
