Reviews
Without Words
A genial expert, Doug Cox wears his considerable fingerpicking and slide-guitar talents lightly. His lifelong love of the blues is...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: March/2010
Panama! 3
How much music can little Panama keep finding in its vaults? With the third instalment of Soundway’s Panama series (subtitled...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Withershins
Withershins is the debut solo album from Glastonbury-based guitarist Jamie Dickson. A homage to British folk guitar legends such as...
Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: July/2024
Sonche Atlántico
This short, finely-crafted album by Galician multi-instrumentalist Pancho Álvarez – his fourth solo record – reveals an artist on fine...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: October/2012
No Way to Go
Many a record containing messages of hope and unit was suppressed due to racist censorship during the South African apartheid...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: December/2019
Back to Peru Vol II
Any illusion that it was only the US, UK and parts of Europe that properly embraced rock in the 1960s...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Apr/May/2010
Tsikaya: Músicos Do Interior
Blighted by war from 1961 to 2002, Angola has received far less attention for its music than many of its...
Reviewed by Tom Bullough in issue: March/2010
Nord
The Warsaw Village Band are one of the most interesting folk groups in Europe: they have always stayed true to...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Yalla Yalla!
Rumba flamenco rhythms may be at the base of this endearing instru¬mental recording by Toronto-based Sultans of String, but you’ll...
Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Archipelago
These are songs from the Scottish islands, from Shetland in the north to Ailsa Craig in the south, sung in...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2012
