Reviews
We Are the Keepers
Maybe it’s the feeling of hopelessness that’s enveloped the US right now, or the sense of impending dread as a...
Reviewed by Devon Leger in issue: February/March/2025
Bite the Bullet
Of all the retro bands out there, from Tokyo to New York, the nutty London boys of Madness probably did...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2016
The Four Pillars
This multimedia project first began to take shape when musician, composer, producer and arranger Mike Vass, formerly with Malinky and...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2019
The Magid Chronicles
At the height of the klezmer revival in the 1980s and 90s, there were dozens of (mainly) US bands reinterpreting...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Across the Divide
Constant international touring for the last decade, including a stint opening for The Jools Holland Orchestra, as well as playing...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2016
The Ballad of Johnny Longstaff
“If they were expecting any rewards, they didn't get any rewards. They were the first people to be victimised,” we...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2019
The Fox
Best known as the guitarist and fiddler from Balkan mayhem merchants Sheelanagig, this intimate acoustic duo setting allows Kit Hawes...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: November/2016
The Gap
It's been five long years since India Electric Co released their debut, The Girl I Left Behind Me. In that...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
The Faux Paws
With a sound soaked in the contra dance and bluegrass tradition, The Faux Paws (brothers Andrew and Noah VanNorstrand and...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: November/2021
Kidayú
This is a tour de force and I can’t seem to stop listening to it. Peter Solo and his band...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: November/2016
