Reviews
Festival Bell
Umpteen albums have come and gone since the original Fairport line-up started playing West Coast pop covers in 1967. As...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2011
The Guesthouse Sessions
Lockdown has proved a rich creative experience for the Belgian bal folk duo, diatonic accordionists Pascale Rubens and Toon Van...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: November/2021
The Longshot
Never has hard graft been so tenderly celebrated as on The Long Shot, the North¬umbrian husband-and-wife duo’s fourth album. Stu...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Pendulum
Virginian banjo player, singer, and songwriter Morgan O’Kane has delivered a powerful punch of a second album. Many of the...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Ghana Special: Modern Highlife, Afro Sounds & Ghanaian Blues 1968-81
At a time when so much music is being reissued and repackaged, it is heartening that there are still labels...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Vila
Fabiano Do Nascimento & Vittor Santos Orchestra
The Brazilian (multi-)guitarist and composer, now based in Los Angeles, has been cited, even in this magazine, as making ambient...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2026
Norwegian Oud
Yinon Muallem | Yinon Muallem & Guy Mintus
Conceived and recorded throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Norwegian Oud is the latest album from oud player, percussionist, and composer Yinon...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: October/2021
Kíla Alive
Recorded live in various venues throughout 2016, this latest offering from the irrepressible Kíla captures the outfit in their natural...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: June/2017
