Reviews
Laissez Passer
TootArd have finally released their debut album, Laissez Passer, seven years after forming the band. Although the members of TootArd...
Reviewed by Yousif Nur in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Odissea
The intrepid BandAdriatica have produced a sort of pan-Mediterranean album here, exploring the theme of migration, very visible in their...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: March/2019
Ritual
Nico Gomez & his Afro Percussion Inc
It seems unlikely that a Dutch musician would lead a band specialising in Afro-Latin fusions. Yet that is the case...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: July/2013
Some Heavy Hand
Spanning the Anglo-American folk duo’s career from 2005 to 2018, Some Heavy Hand is a marvellous collection of unreleased session...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2021
Harponium
Scottish harper Catriona McKay says that with her latest album she is ‘fusing the timbres of harp and harmonium into...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Apr/May/2014
High Rise
The debut album from a Scottish fiddler and composer whose ‘Fiddle Tune a Day’ YouTube project presented a new tune...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2015
Beginner’s Guide to Latin America
‘Ay, caramba!’, how do you do a beginn¬er’s guide to the music of more than 30 countries, with more than...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2012
Early Congo Music 1946-1962: First Rumba, to the Real Rumba
Early Congo Music 1946-1962 has been compiled and annotated by Japanese collector Yoshiki Fukasawa. His unusual sub-title comes from the...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: November/2019
