Reviews
Bloom
Comprising ten classic Scots folk songs Siobhan Miller’s new album is a celebration of Scots song. But this is no...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: November/2022
Rodrigo & Gabriela & C.U.B.A — Area 52
Happy Rod and Gab fans! Area 52 is more of the same – despite all the Cuban music it features,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2012
On the Spot
The Hot 8 Brass Band have experienced more hard times than most of us can ever imagine: gun-toting gangs and...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: May/2017
Fine Bloom
Free the Honey is a quartet that plies its trade with a tight-knit, nearly telepathic ease. Jenny Hill (vocals, fiddle,...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
The Rough Guide to the Music of Mali
So, just how does one represent a musical powerhouse of a nation such as Mali in just one CD? Well,...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2014
The Soul of Bollywood
Botown should be commended for endeavouring to avoid the mush of a vague world beats formula and instead focusing decisively...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2011
Sabîl
Ahmad Al Khatib & Youssef Hbeisch
Time was when Palestinian musicians only got an airing if they snuck in on the dull-but-politically-worthy ticket. How things have...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Apr/May/2012
People of the Sun
Anthony Joseph was raised in Trinidad, shifted to London and has, over recent decades, made a name for himself as...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: November/2018
Maguidala
After the success of their compilation Léve Léve: Sao Tomé & Príncipe Sounds 70s-80s earlier in the year, Bongo Joe...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2020
The Makovecz Tour
Violinist Félix Lajkó is pretty well known in Hungary, but not so much outside – despite being one of the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
