Reviews
Lamenta
Even without any knowledge of the Greek language whatsoever, it’s not hard to guess the central theme of this album...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: April/2022
Bwati Kono Vol 1
The death of Lobi Traoré in 2010 at the age of 49 deprived the Malian music scene of a blues...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2013
Cuttin' Grass Vol 2: The Cowboy Arms Sessions
Sturgill Simpson's Cuttin' Grass Vol 2 features the same combination of insightful, often satirically humorous and self-deprecating, songwriting and brilliant...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2021
Hlywing
After working with the likes of Ashley Hutchings and Rufus Wainwight, Ruth Angell finally records her debut solo album, and...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: June/2023
The Speech Project
That a mundane bit of tidying up can inspire a work of the origin¬ality and quality of The Speech Project...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2012
Alone on a Hill
Katy Rose Bennett has been performing her Americana-tinged style of folk music for the best part of 20 years. She's...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2021
Sweet Tooth
Here's a heady blend of ancestral Native American and Canadian First Nations culture and the emotive energy of contemporary free...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: March/2023
The Moral of the Elephant
We’ve heard them together in Waterson:Carthy, but this is the first time father and daughter have recorded as a duo,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2014
Nedaye Asemani
The spiritual but contagious excite¬ment that we have come to associate with Iranian classical music is abundantly present on this...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Roi Du Ziglibithy
This reissue collects four tracks by Ernesto Djédjé, the guitarist from Ivory Coast who made his first singles in Paris,...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: December/2022
