Reviews
Sousamaphone
The rising popularity of American brass bands – Hot 8 Brass Band and Dirty Dozen Brass Band from New Orleans...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Heading Out
After first meeting in the Sage Gateshead's influential Folkestra, violinist Kevin Lees and guitarist Matthew Jones became key members of...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: July/2020
The Youth That Belonged to Miltown
Marian Curtin & Therese McInerney
Nestled on the rugged Atlantic coastline of County Clare, Miltown Malbay has produced poets, politicians (an Irish president among them)...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2022
Summer Isles
Inspired by the series of small isles lying in the mouth of Loch Broom in the highlands of Scotland, Mairearad...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: May/2016
Brothers
Adam Baldych & Helge Lien Trio
Upon first listen, Brothers appears to be just another adventure in the frosty, folky sound-world of northern European jazz. The...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: November/2017
Wandering Tales
If you want to have an enormous amount of fun, if you want to weep at the sheer beauty of...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Everything Returns
Black Ox Orkestar are primarily concerned with Jewish Eastern European music but also the wider Jewish experience, bringing aspects of...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: March/2023
Las Flores del Sol
As one of the main gateways into Latin America during the slave trade, Colombia owes a lot to Africa, as...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2017
