Reviews
Achai
Although throat singing exists in many parts of the world (there's even a throat singing tradition among the Thembu Xhosa...
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: December/2016
Rare Bird Alert
Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers
For all the fanfare about Steve Martin's multi-tasking talents, the fact remains: he's a badass banjo player. Sure, there are...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2011
Peace on Earth
Ara Dinkjian’s groundbreaking work with Night Ark is a landmark of global jazz, but these two CDs, recorded live in...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Stick in the Wheel Present From Here: English Folk Field Recordings
‘Field Recordings’ carries with it the exciting suggestion that Stick in the Wheel have sought out unheard music performed by...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2017
The Youth That Belonged to Miltown
Marian Curtin & Therese McInerney
Nestled on the rugged Atlantic coastline of County Clare, Miltown Malbay has produced poets, politicians (an Irish president among them)...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2022
Summer Isles
Inspired by the series of small isles lying in the mouth of Loch Broom in the highlands of Scotland, Mairearad...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: May/2016
Long Violent History
In September, with no pre-release fanfare, vaunted country/bluegrass singer-songwriter Tyler Childers released his fourth album, Long Violent History, accompanied by...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2021
Öte
Turkish musicologists Ali Fuat Aydin and Cenk Güray continue their successful collaboration with this tribute to Ottoman composer Tanburi Cemil...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: July/2018
