Reviews
As Long as Songbirds Sing
Since meeting, literally on stage, at a late-night jam session in London’s West End, jazz and folk guitarist James Kitchman...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: December/2020
Songs from Mexico
It would be easy to write off Yuly Tovar as merely the 2012 winner of Mexican nationwide talent show, Graba...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2017
Bamako Sessions
Invisible System, aka producer and multi-instrumentalist Dan Harper, is best known for his heavy dub-rock takes on Ethiopian music, drafting...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2018
These Feral Lands Vol 1
Laura Cannell & Stewart Lee & Friends
The music is typical Laura Cannell: open, chordal (lots of over-bowed violin), improvised. It’s the presence of Stewart Lee on...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: January/2021
The Chuck Norris Project
The track titles of this sixth album from the Edinburgh-based Americana collective read like a back-catalogue of dodgy Hollywood action...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2015
The Rough Guide to African Guitar Legends
After a recent spate of successes in the Indian department (the revisited Rough Guides to Bhangra, Bollywood and Music of...
Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: June/2011
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[Fonetiq Flowers]
One can always rely on this French outfit to lay before us a grand sonic banquet that incorporates multiple national...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: November/2017
Drawing in an Almond
Greek singer Katerina Papadopoulou was previously unknown to me, but due diligence proves it's been my oversight. This album was...
Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: Apr/May/2014
A Burdensome Year
Sometimes on this Yorkshireman's second album, Pike's downbeat vocal with guitar and strings can feel over-familiar, as can some lyrics:...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
The World of the Duduk
The Armenian duduk is one of the most beautiful instruments on earth. The soft, plangent sound exudes a sweet sadness...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2010
