Reviews
The Servants' Ball
This exuberantly entertaining album came about after double bass player Ben Nicholls, reading about Sussex concertina player Scan Thester, found...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2020
Ba Power
Over the last few years, Bassekou Kouyaté has revolutionised the gutbucket sound of the ancient West African banjo known as...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2015
Where the River Meets the Road
Classic country and bluegrass fans – folks who revere Bill Monroe, Porter Wagoner, Buck Owens, Flatt & Scruggs and the...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2017
Air Iomall
This is the kind of album that leaves you wanting to hear the whole CD again immediately without having to...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: October/2019
The Smoky Smirr o Rain
Sarah-Jane Summers & Juhani Silvola
The air is filled with moisture as you gaze out over the shores of a Scottish loch, a Norwegian fjord...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: May/2021
Alma Latina
While not exactly a high-profile name in European world music circles, guitarist Julio Montoro has a fair old pedigree –...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Apr/May/2015
Lai Māsiņa Rotājās!
Subtlety is the last thing you might expect from a band of massed bagpipers, accompanied by serried drums including ‘one...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: July/2018
Saudade, Colour of Love
Maria Mendes is a Portuguese jazz singer that has developed her career in The Netherlands for the last 15 years....
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: January/February/2023
Slečena Koža
Slovene singer Brina Vogelnik and her band have been quietly doing very good work in extending the musical language of...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2013
