Reviews
Radyo Siwèl
This fresh, intriguing and unexpected set comes from a Haitian singersongwriter who had been away from the island for 20...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: May/2018
Old Light: Songs from My Childhood and Other Gone Worlds
Rayna Gellert’s great-grandfather was a Hungarian-born orchestral violinist whose career path led to a gig on a transatlantic cruise ship...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Live in Lesotho
In December 1980 the African businessman Victor Maloi arranged a concert for Masekela and Miriam Makeba in Lesotho, a country...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2020
Genius Loci 2: The Valley of Iron
This is the second part of the Genius Loci project from the prolific instrumental duo of fiddler Adam Summerhayes and...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2022
Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno
Looking for a musical antidote to the crushing malaise? Look no further than Vivian Leva and Riley Calcagno's self-titled debut....
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2021
Dub Will Keep Us Together
Formed by the late great Nick Page after a visit to Ethiopia, Dub Colossus were an inspired and experimental British...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: May/2026
Yellow Spaceship
Jacob Gurevitsch is a flamenco guitarist from Denmark. His third album, Yellow Spaceship, sails through a seductive soundscape of flamenco,...
Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: March/2022
We Can Be Anyone
A road-trip through Appalachia in 2012 cemented the musical relationship between three Norwegian students just out of the Trondheim Jazz...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: April/2026
Small Town Heroes
With today's excess of foot-stomping banjo players and dressed-up Americana, you could be forgiven for overlooking this New Orleans-based troupe....
Reviewed by Edward Craggs in issue: October/2014
