Reviews
Narrow Line
You’d be hard pressed to pinpoint the origins of Canadian folk duo Mama’s Broke. Their album Narrow Line more than...
Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: July/2022
Riverboat Soul
Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three
Hailing from Missouri, US, Pokey LaFarge took off at a young age on the open road, hitching rides with anything...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: June/2010
Live in Somerset
Live in Somerset might not sound very rock‘n’roll. But Steve Knightley is a true stadium star of West Country venues...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2011
Navega Mundos
Fusion albums often throw out intriguing hints at what the planet's future might sound like: free-form, multi-faceted, deliciously deracinated. Laura...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2016
Ommadawn
Examples of world music before it was called world music keep turning up in the most unlikely places, and here’s...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Soul for a Compass
A respected performer, tutor and community music project leader in the Highlands, accordionist Henderson is understandably keen to show off...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: December/2017
My Bluegrass Heart
Bela Fleck's paean to the genre in which the banjoist established himself as a virtuosic instrumentalist and innovative composer is...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: November/2021
Çay Vakti
This charming release features two of Israel’s most highly regarded musicians collaborating to showcase songs from the early years of...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: November/2020
The Treasure Dub Albums Collection
When the gun-slinging ex-cop Duke Reid passed on in 1975, rival producer Sonia Pottinger acquired his legendary Treasure Isle studio...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Milton + esperanza
Milton Nascimento & esperanza spalding
Bassist spalding first heard Nascimento at a dinner party when a friend put on Native Dancer, and that otherworldly falsetto...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: November/2024
