Reviews
Super Diver City
It has to be said that perky fusion bands are in plentiful supply these days. Often they kick up a...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: October/2015
Dengue Fever (Deluxe Edition)
Since forming in 2001, the Los Angeles-based band Dengue Fever have gained an avid following for their blend of retro...
Reviewed by Barley Norton in issue: July/2017
Ranky Tanky
Ranky Tanky are a quintet from South Carolina who have quite a professional pedigree behind them: vocalist Quiana Parler has...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: November/2017
The Real Revolution
It’s 20 years since the American filmmakers Mark Johnson and Whitney Kroenke founded Playing for Change, hitting the streets with...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2022
Eli Winter
Known as an extraordinarily adept self-taught guitarist with a distinctive style bearing the imprint of contemporary American flatpickers, particularly his...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2022
Bedlam
Kelly Oliver is a musician growing in ambition and confidence. Her first album This Land was very much a solo...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: May/2016
North India
This re-release is a recording of the first concert given by the now-forgotten sitar maestro Pramod Kumar. Trained in tabla,...
Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: March/2017
Subcontinental Drift
Sultans of String with Anwar Khurshid
Canadian folk-fusion outfit Sultans of String have gone for the word-play double – both band name and album name –...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: June/2016
Laço Umbilical
On a trip to Cape Verde last year I found myself being chastised by another journalist for mentioning the search...
Reviewed by Clive Davis in issue: May/2018
