Reviews
The Liquified Throne of Simplicity
The Slovenian trio Širom are back with their fourth album fuelled by the search for a reconnection with the remote...
Reviewed by Buzz Bury in issue: June/2022
Crossharbour
The album cover shows a young five-piece band posed on the ‘blade of light’ Millennium Bridge linking the Tate Modern...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2014
OK World
The clusters of sparse piano notes that open this disc suggest a contemplative acoustic music that might confound fans of...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2014
Guitars From Agadez Vol 3
When Tinariwen stormed the citadel of the mainstream music industry, a wave of guitar-toting Touaregs followed in their wake, picking...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: March/2012
Dose a Nova
Now that the Balkan Beats hyperbole appears to be out of fashion, erstwhile pioneers of the genre Ori Kaplan and...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: January/February/2023
The Key
What's not to love about Blazin' Fiddles? Comprising some of the best fiddlers on the Scottish traditional music scene today...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Tractor Beam
The debut album featuring fiddler Rosie Newton and banjoist Richie Stearns was originally issued in the US in 2013, but...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: November/2016
Ile de la Réunion: Maloya
Maloya is a style of music unique to La Réunion in the Indian Ocean. It is the secular version of...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2017
I’ve Always Kept a Unicorn: The Acoustic Sandy Denny
Mick Houghton and Andrew Blatt deserve much credit for conceiving and compiling this set – and for unearthing previously unheard...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
