Reviews
Mercury
Mercury marks Miller's third solo album, but it is her first of entirely original material. And a talented songwriter it...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Touch of Freedom
Exiled from his native Iran for a song denouncing the Islamic regime, Arya Aramnejad now makes his music in Stockholm....
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: March/2021
Tiga Tej Tibs
Dan Harper doesn’t heed conventional wisdom. You’re supposed to open an album with one of the strongest songs in your...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Hold Fast
‘This record is about working hard in the face of adversity, focusing on the positive, questioning the canon and making...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2020
Womama
Hailing from Guinea, living in Paris and with spiritual roots in Mali and Gambia, Djeli Moussa Condé's experience is one...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2015
Every Little Spirit
Another reviewer has written that this disc is ‘perfect Sunday morning music’: this is a very astute observation, but the...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: December/2016
Falling Out of Time
Since the Silkroad Ensemble was established by Yo-Yo Ma 20 years ago, its ever- shifting ensemble have created a global...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/2021
Where I Come From
If music provides a map of a nation's soul, then Ireland's foremost troubadour, Christy Moore, is a formidable cartographer.There's a...
Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: Apr/May/2014
Notebook
The cello is not a go-to instrument for folk and traditional music. But in the hands of Barry Phillips, it...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: March/2020
Amonafi
Right from the opening track, ‘Woyoyoye’, a slice of the Afro-pop perfection Daby Touré is known for, it is clear...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2015
