Reviews
Dark Carnival
Kate Green is gifted with a fine voice; she uses it with feeling and precision, which makes her a terrific...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2022
Give & Receive
The husband-and-wife Americana duo of Dorothy Daniel and Ben DeBerry, both of whom sing and play acoustic guitar, are assured...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: October/2016
Sita
A formidable talent, an enfant prodige of the Salento music scene, Alessia Tondo, the female voice of the marvellous Canzoniere...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: March/2022
Tiga Tej Tibs
Dan Harper doesn’t heed conventional wisdom. You’re supposed to open an album with one of the strongest songs in your...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Lose an Hour
Fiddle and mandolin player Tom Newell, guitarist Alex Bishop and accordionist Aidan Shepherd are the talented young trio Effra and,...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
¡Saoco! The Bomba and Plena Explosion in Puerto Rico 1954-1966
Decades before Ricky Martin and reggaeton, the little island of Puerto Rico bounced its booty to the Afro-Spanish rhythms of...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Across the Western Ocean
The second album of shanties and songs of the sea from Pressgang Mutiny since they came together in 2013 in...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: December/2020
The New Farming Scene
This is the third album from the Edinburgh-based band that brings together British folk songs with the American bluegrass style...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: October/2010
Galiza
Kepa Junkera is a wonderful player of trikitixa, the traditional dance music of the Basque country, which he squeezes out...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2014
