Reviews
The Wages
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
The initial signs are good – a three-piece country blues outfit from the back hills of Indiana with a clear...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: October/2010
Ancient Lights
Uniting of Opposites is a trio that have pursued radically different musical trajectories. Bassist Ben Hazleton cut his teeth on...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: July/2018
The Last Communiqué
The Last Communiqué is the final part of a trilogy of albums by the Beirut-based composer, guitarist, singer and vocalist...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2011
My Seven-String Chadyghan: Songs from the Khahas North
The chadyghan is a long wooden box of a zither, exquisitely played here by Khakassian singer and instrumentalist Yulia Charkova...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: Apr/May/2012
The Nine Dimensional Pyramid
This is an interesting listen; Seven Foot Frank are an Americana trio consisting of Jonas Frank Jirhamn, Lukas Lindberg and...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: February/March/2026
After the City
The Brighton band’s third album is a smokily atmospheric folk noir not a million miles from the fearsome futurology of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2022
The Band Courtboullion
There's never been a recording quite like this one. Three highly accomplished Cajun revivalists – each a musical pioneer and...
Reviewed by Roger Hahn in issue: June/2012
What the Folk?!
2008's Fela Kalappal took the Hungarian band's repertoire of music out of the Carpathians and pulled it into the shape...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2011
Viajando Com O Som
Hermeto Pascoal & Grupo Vice Versa
Widely regarded as Brazil's most preternaturally gifted musician, Hermeto Pascoal has covered an incredible amount of creative ground in his...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: December/2017
Meeting of the Legends
These are two immensely talented musicians, each highly regarded in their own fields, and it really shows in the playing...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: March/2014
