Reviews
Between Wind and Water
There's always been a natural joyfulness in the sound the String Sisters make together. Right from their first performance at...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: May/2018
Ayalgalar: Melodies
This is the fourth and highly listenable release by Tyva Kyzy. They were the first and only women's group in...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: May/2020
Pura Vida Conspiracy
It’d be a cliché to mention that salty yeast-based vegetarian spread in relation to whether one has a taste forHütz...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: October/2013
On Clay Hill
This is a family album. On the face of it, it's a stripped-back, purist collection of traditional English folk songs,...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Button Box Breakdown: Old Time Music on the Cajun Accordion
Peter Croft with Mark Jones & Hazel Fairbairn
Button Box Breakdown is an understated and unpretentious instrumental album performed with charm and plenty of musical dexterity. Peter Croft...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2020
Travesía
Gerardo Núñez's infrequent albums have offered persuasive evidence that he is one of the contemporary flamenco guitarists most fluent in...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: October/2012
Diew Sor Isan: The North East Thai Violin of Thonghuad Faited
Most compilations of north-eastern Thai music focus on the region's most popular instrument, the khaen, a free-reed bamboo mouth organ,...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: October/2012
History of Ska, Rocksteady and Reggae
Get ready for a sweltering live album from Jamaican trendsetters the Ska-talites, recorded in Finland in 1994 and capturing, for...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Raised by Wolves
Bright Mainland was the 2013 solo debut from this Canadian singer and songwriter, following many years of playing accordion for...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: July/2015
Collaborations
Ravi Shankar & George Harrison
Given the high profile of the collaborators, it’s surprising that the various joint projects, undertaken over more than 25 years...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
