Reviews
Molly Tigre
This Brooklyn quintet's eponymously named debut (available digitally and on cassette) features a twin saxophone front-line, with Mitch Marcus and...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Golpes y Flores
Eliana Cuevas has a superb voice – her timbre is polished, her manner effortless, her enunciation packing something of the...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2018
Blackbird
The Wellington eight-piece Fat Freddy’s Drop have, over the past decade, built up a remarkable international following with their blend...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Rough Guide to Salsa Divas
Asked to name 15 Latin divas, most people will stop at Celia Cruz. The album opens with a classic, and...
Reviewed by Sue Steward in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Brexit Blues
Certainly not a blues compilation in the sense that might be commonly expected, this set mourns in advance the passing...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: March/2017
Solid Ground
Mayo-born banjo player Shane Mulchrone makes a solid debut with his first long-player, Solid Ground. A veteran of the live...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: July/2018
I Love You Inna
Hailing from Gao in northern Mali, Konaté's roots are steeped in the desert blues of the Songhai people. But the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2019
La Tsadika
I reviewed Mor Karbasi’s debut album The Beauty and the Sea five years ago with heady enthusiasm. Her vibrant vocal...
Reviewed by Dennis Marks in issue: June/2014
Syzygy
Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas
Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser and his longtime musical partner, Californian cellist Natalie Haas, released their first set as a duo...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2021
The Art of the Daegeum Sanjo
The latest of Inédit's series of Korean sanjo releases is for daegeum, a horizontal bamboo flute with a resonator and...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: Apr/May/2015
