Reviews
Studio One Dub Fire Special
London record label Soul Jazz Records have done an excellent job in ensuring that the vast library of recordings made...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2016
Lost Things Returning
This is the second outing with the Cornwall-based, Birmingham-raised alt-folk duo Angeline Morrison and Nick Duffy. Following their debut, which...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: December/2024
Looking for the Thread
Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart
This unexpected but very welcome silver lining collection first came together as a pandemic lockdown writing experiment. US singer-songwriter Carpenter...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: February/March/2025
Tailwind Home
Equus are an Australian group formed around the vocals and horse-head fiddle (morin huur) playing of Mongolian musician Bukhu Ganburged....
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2019
Paseo a Dos
There are some collaborations that work so well you wish they were permanent. One reason for the success of this...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: July/2016
Herself and Myself
Thomas McCarthy is an Irish Traveller who, when he was a child, lived on a site beneath the Westway, the...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
The Klezmer Shul Live!
Veretski Pass are a trio of top American klezmer musicians – Cookie Segelstein on violin, Joshua Horowitz on accordion and...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2012
Digital Kabar
Since the 1990s, maloya – the quasi-religious, deeply political Creole music of La Réunion that was famously banned by the...
Reviewed by Tim Clarke-Romain in issue: November/2019
Expansions
Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band are a German steel pan band that have earned a reputation for giving a Trinidad...
Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: October/2021
