Reviews
Ship to Shore
It’s been a fair few years since Thompson’s previous set, 2018’s excellent 13 Rivers. Here it’s more a case of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2024
Second Circle the Horizon
To evoke the natural world is an age-old quest for musicians. To accomplish the mission so thoroughly and sonorously, as...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: August/2025
SEAUXLEAUX
What more can you say about an artist who has all-out mastered his instrument (the fiddle) and taken home two...
Reviewed by Andrew Daly in issue: July/2025
Island Records Presents Ska: 40 Original Ska Classics
Best known as a British rock label, Island Records actually began life in Jamaica in 1959. Its Harrow–educated founder, Chris...
Reviewed by Neil Foxlee in issue: June/2013
Give Me Wine
Hungarian band Romano Drom have been together for at least 20 years; in that time they have established themselves as...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Parlour Ballads
Parlour ballads, as a genre, get poor press as low-grade, middle-class Victoriana, but here’s Jon Boden at the piano (and...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2024
Zoom Zemmatt
Senegalese singer and guitarist Mangane is somewhat of a late bloomer. At age 60, Zoom Zemmatt is his first release...
Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: January/2025
Wani
Wani showcases an explosive collision between traditional Indonesian forms and Western instrumentation. It’s a daring and highly experimental project glued...
Reviewed by Tom Spargo in issue: January/2025
