Reviews
A Thousand Butterflies
A Thousand Butterflies resembles a sonic personal essay, narrating both the musical adventures of the composer through her life. Aftab...
Reviewed by Kamyar Salavati in issue: November/2022
Sabor a Cuba
This does exactly what it says on the tin – indeed it does so twice, in terms of genre. There's...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
What Love Is
Katie Spencer’s third album proves that she is a fine singer-songwriter, and an excellent guitarist with a style that at...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: October/2025
No New Summers
Deceptively, No New Summers opens with ‘No Spring Chicken’ – five minutes of solo American primitive John Fahey-style guitar. The...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: July/2025
Diary of a Fiddler #2: The Empty Nest
Darol Anger may not have invented the bluegrass fiddle ‘chop’ (he learned it from originator Richard Green, who created it...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: September/2025
Nehalennia
The Belgian Naragonia Quartet is a quality act. Toon Van Mierlo and Pascale Rubens are a button accordion duo, roping...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2025
Way of the Drum
Mugenkyo Taiko (Limitless Reverberation) are one of the longest running taiko groups in the UK, whose interdisciplinary approach has led...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: December/2019
