Reviews
The Woods
The Woods marks the third instalment of acclaimed musician and composer Hamish Napier's ode to his native Scottish Highlands. Following...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2020
Good Vibes
Taken from a prime period for Jamaican reggae, this compilation collects together a number of rare late 1970s cuts from...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2018
Way Up On The Hill
Here’s a jaunty set of songs from the Sussex-based Appalachian-themed band Hatful of Rain, rolling through a tidal wave of...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Afghan Rubab with Songbirds
Rahim Khushnawaz (c1947-2011) was one of the great rubab players of Afghanistan. But he comes from Herat rather than Kabul,...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2016
Tanbou TouJou Lou
What a superb compilation this is. Record detective Vik Sohonie has worked as a veteran researcher, writer and editor at...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: November/2016
Juno Concerto
When writing compositions dedicated to a child, artists have to be careful not to cross the line into sentimentality. The...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2017
Charms Against Sorrow
Hannah Sanders spent much of her teens traversing the land in an old Bedford school bus, singing the traditional songs...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2015
The Ones Ahead
As he entered his seventies, the classically-trained Canada-based singer/composer Glenn-Copeland was lapsing into dignified retirement. Then he made public his...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/September/2023
Cuckoo Storm
Marry Waterson & Adrian Crowley
Marry Waterson has delivered an eclectic array of duet recordings over the past decade or so, from 2011’s The Days...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2024
