Reviews
Diamonds on the Water
After two years touring and picking upa brace of awards for Ragged Kingdom, Oysterband's reunion collaboration with June Tabor, Diamonds...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Apr/May/2014
The Color of Silence
Every now and again you find an artist whose music is like arrows ’ each note fired straight through your...
Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: June/2019
Dance of the Cobra
To anyone familiar with the vibrant sounds of Indian wedding bands, this will come as a welcome album. What they...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Weight of the World
There's a lot to like about this adventurous duet album by Rachel Baiman and Christian Sedelmyer. The former is a...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Best of Lura
Proof that the Cape Verde renaissance has come of age, this anthology confirms Lura as her own generation’s elder stateswoman,...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: March/2011
The Rise Up
Mehmet Ali Sanhkol & Whatsnext?
Mehmet Ali Sanlikol already sings, plays ney, zurna and oud, but that doesn’t discourage this Turkish-American from penning The Rise...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: October/2020
The Gambia Sessions
Gambian singer and percussionist Musa Mboob leads a core quartet of UK players augmented by another four guests, who collectively...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: December/2019
The Playhouse Sessions
‘How should I behave when I have a violin in my hand?’ asks the dazzling Norwegian violinist Bjarte Eike in...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: January/February/2023
The Magnolia Sessions
Each month from September 2020 until May 2021, the first season of The Magnolia Sessions delivered a new session recorded...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: December/2021
The Devil & the Diamond
Back with a pared-down sound and a Buddhist-inspired spiritual bent, Brooklyn fusionists Matuto have ditched the surf guitar that marked...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2013
