Reviews
Aussegrasn
A slow start doesn’t necessarily indicate a dull ride. But in the case of Fei Scho's latest offering, this theory...
Reviewed by Mike Fleck in issue: October/2016
Chasing the Sun
Trilling banjo and strummed guitar, expressive fiddle lines and the purest close-harmony vocals: Chasing the Sun opens with a gorgeous,...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: July/2015
Hell on Church Street
The death of Tony Rice on Christmas Day 2020 robbed bluegrass of one of its most influential musicians. Béla Fleck’s...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/February/2022
Pecata Beata
Pecata Beata is the third album by Catalan singer, composer and clarinettist Carola Ortiz (who contributed clarinet on Anandi Bhattacharya’s...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: July/2021
Ballébé: Calling All Africans
If a solo album by a veteran Malian percussionist whose only instrument is the hollow gourd calabash doesn't sound over-enticing,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2018
Hlybini
Hlybini means ‘Depths’ in accordionist Aliaksandr Yasinski's native Belarusian. In his first solo album he plumbs these, musically and emotionally....
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: December/2022
High Doh
Damian McKee, Gudrun Walther & Aaron Jones
Over the last 15 years, Damian McKee (button box) of Beoga, Gudrun Walther (fiddle, vocals) from CARA and Aaron Jones...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: November/2022
Almanac Behind
Visionary guitarist Daniel Bachman is steeped in the tradition of American primitive fingerstyle masters such as John Fahey, Robbie Basho...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2023
Food Chain
London Afrobeat Collective are a ten-piece ensemble that bring a taste of Lagos to the UK's capital. Their new album...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
