Reviews
Live Wires
Having spent too long wandering in debilitating heat to track down the Tambura Museum in Slavonski Brod (in eastern Croatia),...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: December/2016
New Found Land
FatDog were born one night in the summer of 2011 on the Swedish Koster Islands, where jazz trio Fattigfolket and...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Wild Kingdom
Anyone who isn't able to catch the Texan trio on their UK tour this November can console themselves with this,...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2019
Prince Buster Shakedown
During the 2-Tone wave that hit the UK in the late 1970s, covering Prince Buster tracks – as The Specials...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Gambit
Like many a young musician, the melodeon player and singer Ollie King also teaches. One of the subjects he offers...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Casa de Fado
There is a long road ahead of Maria Emília, and that means that the young fadista can aspire to become...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: May/2019
An Introduction to Eliza Carthy
Eliza Carthy's current combo is The Wayward Band. It's a good name: she has, throughout her career, championed English folk...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Songs of Loss and Healing
This is the third solo album by accomplished London-based classical guitarist Douglas MacGregor. A deeply personal project, it explores the...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
