Reviews
Ahimsa: Love is the Weapon of the Brave
Musicians from Kolkata, Los Angeles and Caracas – among them, three disciples of the late sitar legend Ravi Shankar –...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: July/2016
Tunes from the North, Songs from the South
Karrnnel Sawitsky & Daniel Koulack
Anyone with an ear for the deeply complex and exquisitely subtle reciprocation between the banjo and fiddle will be dazzled...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: November/2015
Live at the Old Barn, Kelston Roundhill
This first live album from the Bristol trio of Alex Vann, Pete Judge and Paul Bradley is also a recording...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2017
Rûwâhîne
Perched somewhere between the industrial-noise soundscapes of Throbbing Gristle, grungy club beats and a fairly obscure Saharan healing ritual of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2017
Fretless
Soumik Datta is Britain’s brilliant young sarod (lute) star. He gave a stunning concert supporting Shivkumar Sharma at the Darbar...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Anthologie du Patrimoine Phonographique Breton 1925-1960
This is a tribute to a forgotten pioneer of the post-war rebirth of Breton music: Hermann Wolf, who made some...
Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: December/2017
Rise
A music teacher and luthier, as well as a songwriter based in Portsmouth and with roots in Merthyr, South Wales,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2022
Beginners Guide To African Blues
This isn't the place to debate the African origins of the blues. All we really need note is that modern...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2011
Such Times
Steve Tilston made his first album, An Acoustic Confusion, in 1971, gaining a place in a cohort of exceptional guitar-playing...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2021
A Great Day For The Race
Flap! (yes, the exclamation mark is part of the band name) hail from Melbourne and were discovered by Marcus Britton...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
