Reviews
Afrobeats Hot Hits: The New Sound of Urban Africa
The sounds of Afrobeats are not to be mistaken with the music of Fela Anikulapo Kuti. The crucial ‘s’ denotes...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: November/2017
The Golden Lagoon
King Lagoon's Flying Swordfish Dance Band
King Lagoon's Flying Swordfish Dance Band (henceforth referred to as KLFSDB for the sake of trees and inkwells everywhere) present...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: April/2020
The Watchmaker's Wife
This is a highly anticipated third album from the double-bassist and fine vocalist Miranda Sykes and mandolin maestro Rex Preston....
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2016
Keep Hauling (Music from the Movie)
Thirty years ago a group of friends – some actually fishermen – got together on the Platt (the hard ground...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: May/2019
The Rough Guide to Greek Café
This disc is impressive, covering a great deal of ground from 1960s laïká to later more eclectic and Anatolian-inspired tracks,...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Starfall
Dublin-based string trio Slow Moving Clouds hit the mark with their 2015 debut, Os, a melding of delicate, warm melodies,...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: December/2018
Sacred World of Azerbaijani Mugham
Gochag Askarov, in his mid-30s, is the new icon of mugham, the intense classical music of Azerbaijan. He was the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2014
Stick in the Wheel Present From Here: English Folk Field Recordings
‘Field Recordings’ carries with it the exciting suggestion that Stick in the Wheel have sought out unheard music performed by...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2017
Green & Blue
This Denver, Colorado-based sibling duo of Joanna Hyde (fiddle, vocals) and her brother Iain (guitar, mandolin, vocals) craft an elegant...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: May/2017
Music in the City
Here’s an urban night owl. Hailing from Montreal, global beats DJ Rise Ashen has made a nocturnal soundtrack that seamlessly...
Reviewed by Marc Fournier in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
