Reviews
Not Our First Goat Rodeo
Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile, Stuart Duncan & Edgar Meyer
It's almost a decade since the adventurous classical cellist Yo-Yo Ma teamed up with bluegrass fiddle/banjo player Stuart Duncan, double...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2020
The Wedding Above in Glencree
Since deciding to become a musician after seeing Christy Moore perform on Irish TV and then cutting his teeth as...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: April/2023
Invisible Music
The late, great writer Angela Carter would almost certainly have relished the fact that Polly Paulusma once lived in London’s...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2021
Borrowed Time
Appalachian banjo and fiddle player, bilingual singer-songwriter and activist à la Pete Seeger, Joe Troop calls this his ‘dream album.’...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2021
Rearrange My Heart
Little wonder that the celebrated American roots banjo player Béla Fleck was so taken with this pan-American quartet that he...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2020
Livre
A seminal figure in Portuguese music, the guitarist Mário Pacheco for many years ran the Clube de Fado in Lisbon...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2022
Encounters
Encounters is a study in subtlety. Bassist Sigurd Hole, known for his work with the famously restrained jazz pianist Tord...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: November/2018
The Art of Forgetting
The Art of Forgetting is a fine showcase for Kyle Carey's speciality – ‘Gaelic Americana’ – which sounds as you...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2018
Singles: The Definitive 45s Collection
There are still many notable gaps in the history of the mysterious composer and bandleader Sun Ra. Born in Birmingham,...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: March/2017
