Reviews
Mantra Sessions
From the first track, as a free-blowing tenor sax solo jostles with a Hindu peace incantation over an ngoni (African...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: May/2016
Cladaich Loch Iù
Cladaich Loch Iù marks the debut of Gaelic singer and West Coast native Steven MacÌomhair and a pleasant enough, if...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: April/2020
The Impossible Wild
The Last Inklings are Leonardo MacKenzie and David Hoyland – MacKenzie is a classically trained cellist with 15 years of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2021
Nyckelharpa Solo
The Swedish nyckel¬harpa is a keyed fiddle dating from the 15th century. In terms of its sound, think along the...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: March/2012
Illusion & Doubt
Like a backfiring, smoke-belching, fluid-dripping jalopy from a bygone era, The Dead South pop, chuff and wheeze their way across...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2018
Salone
The Kondi Band teams the blind Sierra Leonean thumb piano player and vocalist Sorie Kondi with the US producer and...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2017
Kora Fo
Born into a legendary griot family in Casamance, Senegal, for the past decade Maher Cissoko has been resident in Sweden,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2017
Back to Sustain
Like a light hike on an easy trail on a sunny spring afternoon, The Pine Hearts' fourth studio album doesn't...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2020
Coup of Gods
Yet again risking imprisonment in his native Iran for releasing this album, Mehdi Rajabian’s latest effort showcases Persian tonalities, a...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: April/2022
Force of the Wind
SOYUZ, which translates as ‘Union’ is a creative collective from Belarus, and this third album is definitely true to the...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: December/2022
