Reviews
The Twelve Pins
This instrumental trio of Peter Browne (accordion), Lucas González (guitar) and Robbie Harris (hand percussion) begin their first album with...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2015
Vengeance
Benjamin Biolay has carved himself a niche in the top rank of French popular music, not by genius, but by...
Reviewed by Phil Sweeney in issue: July/2013
Classic African American Songsters
Ry Cooder once cuttingly said that blues music has been reduced to a soundtrack for selling jeans in TV ads....
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Next Spring
This meeting of the ud, ney and kora is contemplative and exploratory – an experiment in their shared sensibilities and...
Reviewed by Olivia Haughton in issue: Apr/May/2015
Jongando
The last time we had heard of Brazilian singer Catia Werneck she was following a common path within the country's...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: July/2017
Tales of Indian Sarod
Pradeep Barot, Riccardo Battaglia, Federico Sanesi
Pradeep Barot studied under Annapurna Devi – a surbahar (bass sitar) virtuoso, daughter of the legendary Allauddin Khan and once...
Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: October/2017
The Coast Road
Elizabeth Davidson-Blythe & Daniel Quayle
Boston-born fiddler Elizabeth Davidson-Blythe and bouzouki, guitar and piano player Daniel Quayle from the Isle of Man first began playing...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: December/2022
