Reviews
Wake the Union
The latest album from Devon duo Steve Knightleyand Phil Beer exhibits their trademark concern for making folk music speak to...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
La Part du Feu
This attractive mix of merriment, melancholy, and mystery as much reflects Le Vent du Nord‘s approach to assembling and recording...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: March/2010
Encounters
Encounters is a study in subtlety. Bassist Sigurd Hole, known for his work with the famously restrained jazz pianist Tord...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: November/2018
The Art of Forgetting
The Art of Forgetting is a fine showcase for Kyle Carey's speciality – ‘Gaelic Americana’ – which sounds as you...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2018
The Sun Will Rise (A Cappella)
Mahsa Vahdat is one of few female singers living in Iran to record regularly outside the country, largely through the...
Reviewed by Laudan Nooshin in issue: July/2016
Incantations
In recent years, there has been an effort to broaden the expressional potentials of Iranian classical music. The genre has...
Reviewed by Kamyar Salavati in issue: May/2022
Monstruos y Duendes Vol 1: Myfyrio
So many non-Spanish guitarists have fallen under the spell of flamenco that it might almost be considered a sub-genre of...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: May/2020
My Life in a Hole in the Ground
This is a very welcome reissue of the first four albums by African Head Charge – reissued as individual vinyl...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: April/2016
The Living Room Sessions, Part 1
Coming fast on the heels of his Nine Decades series – which featured some brilliant tracks from the early days...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: July/2012
