Reviews
The Art of the Kora
This is an augmented reissue of the first commercial release of solo kora and griot music recorded in 1972. The...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: April/2020
Three of Us
This is the second album released by The Secret Trio, the follow-up to Soundscapes in 2012. The New York-based band...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: June/2018
Like Nightingales in the Spring
The north Albanian town of Shkodër, lying between lake and mountains, embraces multiple cultures and histories. While it was still...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2023
Energy Islands
Originating from Orkney and taking inspiration from the renewable energy innovation of their home isles (track titles relate to their...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2022
Rooted
After 2017's Trails & Tribulations, Rooted again boasts contributions from Nancy Kerr, John Smith and Andy Cutting and also includes...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: December/2019
Compassion
Lama Lobsang Palden and Jim Becker
Jim Becker, a Chicago-based musician, and Lama Lobsang Palden, a Tibetan yoga teacher and healer now living in the US,...
Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: November/2020
Where From Here
Comprising the fiddle of Graham Mackenzie, the pipes and whistles of David Shedden, and the guitar of Innes White, talented...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: May/2023
Mugham
When a man's voice overflows with passion, and when you're told that he's singing ancient Persian poems, you want to...
Reviewed by Michael Church in issue: October/2011
Low Country Blues
From the opening track of Gregg All man’s Low Country Blues – a funky, foot-stomping version of Sleepy John Estes’...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Apr/May/2011
Reach Out
Festival reggae favourites New Town Kings have a reputation for bringing the party, come rain or shine, and Reach Out...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: July/2018
