Reviews
The Wind
German Jazz vocalist and composer Simin Tander explores a plethora of folkloric traditions – in particular those of Spain, Italy,...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: June/2025
The Archive
Bob Dylan’s 1985 box set Biograph came with an interview in which Dylan said: “Some guys got it down –...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2025
Songs to Scythe Back the Overgrown
This young Manchester-based singer-songwriter and guitarist first made a bit of a name for himself in a duo with fiddler...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: July/2012
The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Samba
Yet another compilation of new Brazilian music, this time from self-confessed ‘hoary compiler’ John Armstrong, who concedes the psychedelic samba...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: November/2015
Queens of Fado: The Next Generation
Not that long ago, no youngster in their right mind would confess to liking fado in Portugal. In the years...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Tunes from the Trenches: Songs from the First and Second World Wars
This kit-bag full of old songs springs from John Kirkpatrick's feeling that we get nearer to what the soldiers felt...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: December/2015
Between the Shadow and the Soul
Violinist Anna Phoebe is a rock and commercial music veteran best known as a member of progressive rock outfit Trans-Siberian...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
The Descendants
“Paradise? Paradise can go f**k itself,’ utters the male protagonist of The Descendants, played by George Clooney. A sense of...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: June/2012
The Drip
Recorded with seven other prominent West-Canadian Jazz musicians and featuring vocalist Karimah, this latest release by Canadian-Brazilian bassist Rubim de...
Reviewed by George Newton in issue: November/2023
Through the Eyes of the Sun
Bulgarian singer Gergana Dimitrova will be familiar to many as a member of the women’s vocal ensemble, the Eva Quartet....
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2014
