Reviews
Safe in Sound
Safe in Sound is the fifth album in a long-established series of self-releases by the solo acoustic guitarist Daryl Shawn,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Tango Ladeado
Janne Rättyä & Patrick Demenga
Finland's tango, while a spin-off of the Argentinian/Parisian original and almost as old, is a separate tradition altogether. Its cool,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Urranta
Deirdre Graham comes from a musical family on the Isle of Skye. After studying Gaelic song and clarsach at the...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: January/2021
Santuario/Sanctuary
If you wanted a snapshot of contemporary Latin American music in the UK at this moment, then you couldn’t ask...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2021
Corazón de Piel Afuera
Since 1964's Madrugada, Juan ‘Tata’ Cedrón, at the head of assorted line-ups, has been performing a kind of free-form River...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
AnásanA
While this is the first solo album from the Greek pianist, singer and composer, it’s certainly not her recording debut....
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: July/2022
The Sweet Primeroses
An extraordinary and singular recording even 52 years after it first appeared, Shirley Collins' The Sweet Primeroses is one of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2019
The Arch
This collaboration, only released recently, may have been the last work of the respected French musician, producer and remix specialist...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Apr/May/2013
Battle Cry Remixed
Back in the early-1990s, when rave culture took off in the UK, many a party would have a dub room...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Lam Klom Thung: Essential Phairin Phonphibun
Veteran bandleader, songwriter and producer Surin Paksiri has long been regarded as one of north-east Thailand's key musical figures. The...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: April/2016
