Reviews
The Ravishing Genius of Bones
Anyone still labouring under the misapprehension that the tin whistle is a poor man's instrument will have their preconceptions shattered...
Reviewed by Andy Letcher in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Alex Wilson Presents Salsa Veritas: Truly for Dancers
UK-born jazz pianist¬producer Alex Wilson might spend most of his time in Switzer¬land – one of the several countries he...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Macadam
The Belgian trio schroothoop make their own instruments, recycled from plastic, metal and wood. Their obsession is to construct shadow...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: July/2023
Jaron Freeman-Fox & The Opposite of Everything
Jaron Freeman-Fox & The Opposite of Everything
What do Indian raga, bluegrass, klezmer and Mongolian throat singing have in common? Nothing. And maybe that’s exactly what Canadian...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: March/2014
The Life & Times of James ‘The Rooster’ Corcoran’
Vincent Cross is a descendent of Irish gang leader James Corcoran, who left Dublin for New York in 1844, and...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2020
Symbiosis
Ross Ainslie and Ali Hutton are two of the most competent and accomplished pipe and whistle players on the current...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: December/2016
Common Decency
From New Orleans to Rajasthan, via remote Romanian villages and north-of-England colliery towns, there are brass bands playing all over...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Dacw’r Tannau
Chris Jones started out singing unaccompanied traditional Welsh songs more than 20 years ago. He began picking up songs from...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Tichazomuona
This is a very welcome reissue in vinyl and digital download formats of a wonderful album of Zimbabwean mbira (thumb...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2022
Live in Turku
Dawda Jobarteh & Stefan Pasborg
Bliss it must have been to have attended the Finnish jazz festival where this live set was recorded featuring the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2024
