Reviews
Some Mississippi Sunday Morning
Ever since the Lomaxes discovered Lead Belly in the Louisiana State Penitentiary in 1933, prison has earnt itself a vaunted...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2023
Celebrants
‘My God it's good to see you,’ intones Chris Thile on the opening track of Celebrants, the first all-new album...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2023
Call of the Whipbird
SUBSET (aka Karl Muller) is a New Zealand-born musician/producer/photographer, who has been based in Australia for 20 years. Working out...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2023
All is Forgiven
Lilli Lewis has been labelled a ‘folk rock diva’, but that only describes part of her style. Based in New...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: April/2024
Au Coeur de l’Aube
The Québécois trio of fiddler Pascal Gemme, guitarist Yann Falquet and relative newcomer flautist/accordion player Nicholas Willams deliver their eleventh...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2023
La Comitiva
Øye should ring a bell as half of indie-bucolic-pop 00s sensation Kings of Convenience. But having relocated to Siracusa some...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: August/2024
Congo Funk! Sound Madness from the Shores of the Mighty Congo River (Kinshasa/Brazzaville 1969-1982)
A simplified history of music during the period dubbed L’Authenticité in the Congo shows a period of heavily state-funded and...
Reviewed by Nik Hann in issue: June/2024
Les Secrets du Ciel
Yann Falquet is best-known as the singer and guitarist who co-founded the award-winning Québécois folk trio Genticorum, celebrated for their...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: June/2024
A Tablanaut’s Journey
Hear the tabla like you’ve never heard it before! This may seem a bold claim for an instrument central to...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: April/2024
