Reviews
Dumiyah
The sensuous allure of Basya Schechter's voice, along with the exotic arrangements and performance style she brings to the group...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: March/2015
The Ballad of Dood & Juanita
Explaining The Ballad of Dood & Juanita to an interviewer, Sturgill Simpson offered, ‘I’ve only ever really been interested in...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2021
Cuttin' Grass Vol 1: The Butcher Shoppe Sessions
Multi-time Grammy and Americana music award winner, country music singer-songwriter and actor Sturgill Simpson has fed 20 of his original...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2021
Mambo Ska
Long awaited (not least by themselves) the release of the third album from the Anglo-Cuban entertainment innovators follows colourful reports...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: July/2010
Beginner's Guide to English Folk
There's no shortage of folk compilations out there – be they strange folk, nu-folk, psych-folk or angry folk. When I...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2013
Shamrock City
In 1910, a young man named Michael Conway left rural poverty behind in Ireland and took passage across the Atlantic...
Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: July/2013
Surrender To Love
Malcolm McLaren once called Culshaw “the Indiana Jones of world music”, and whether in Cuba at the start of the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2026
Insomnia and Seven Steps to Grace
As a poet, Joy Harjo is one of the most celebrated American voices of the last century. Insomnia and Seven...
Reviewed by Joe Mulhall in issue: May/2026
