Reviews
The Blue Room
A fiddler with a characteristically delicate touch, Martin Hayes has won worldwide respect for his unique take on Irish traditional...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Dance
Since her debut as a leader in 1986, the Munich-born New Yorker has recorded a further 23 albums, of which...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Cinema
Cinema is fusionist Kale's fifth and most ambitious album and was recorded in New Delhi, New York, Mumbai, and Ibiza...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: October/2011
They All Played for Us: Arhoolie Records 50th Anniversary Celebration
In early February 2012, a three-day benefit for the Arhoolie Foundation was staged in Berkeley, California, marking the 50th anniversary...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2013
Water Music
In contrast to the two previous albums by the Thai Elephant Orchestra, which featured human collaborators, this one, the last...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: July/2011
Ground of its Own
I hesitate to begin a review with the CD cover and the sleeve notes but two details here are key...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Red Diesel
It's been a long five years since the trio of singer Lucy Wright, fiddler Tom Kitching and one-man-band Edwin Beasant...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2016
Wganda Kenya
Wganda Kenya were a studio group of Colombian musicians created to offer a homegrown alternative to the increasingly-popular African and...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: May/2022
Samba Carioca
Vinicius Cantuaria has been producing finely crafted, softly sung, smoky bossa nova records since he left Brazil for New York...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: July/2010
Inner Fire
A beefy baritone sax hails the return of the little big band from Ottowa. Whatever they've done to that 8-track...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Apr/May/2014
