Reviews

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Jah Wobble Presents: PJ Higgins

You wait and wait for a PJ Higgins album and then two come along at once. Although, while this Jah...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2014

Anti Hero

Circle of Sound

On the follow-up album to Soumik Datta and Bernhard Schimpelsberger's deservedly praised debut album, the pair widen their musical vision,...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2014

Can’t Hold the Wheel

The New Line

This is a fine collection of traditional-styled American tunes performed with great respect by The New Line. The group produce...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2014

Al Qantara

Majid Bekkas

Majid Bekkas is a Moroccan multi-instrumentalist who has previously explored the meeting points between Maghrebi Gnawa music and the blues....

Reviewed in issue July/2014

Carnival Flower

Molotov Jukebox

Fans of the cult TV series Game of Thrones will doubtless be familiar with the catchphrase ‘Winter is Coming.’ For...

Reviewed in issue July/2014

Cigarros Explosivos!

Jaro Milko & The Cubalkanics

Switzerland is a land in which little of musical interest ever seems to happen. But Jaro Milko grew up there,...

Reviewed in issue July/2014

Baifang

Hanggai

For their ‘difficult third album,’ Beijing's finest Mongolian band have taken a boldly rocky step on from their traditional roots,...

Reviewed in issue July/2014

Oliver's Cinema

Eric Vloeimans’ Oliver's Cinema

‘For the elderly’ and ‘music to be given a wide berth’ – this is what the young Eric Vloeimans used...

Reviewed in issue July/2014

After the Tempest

Baka Beyond

It was in 1992 that British musicians Martin Cradick and Su Hart conceived their improbable fusion of Celtic and Baka...

Reviewed in issue July/2014

The Art of Mandolin

Simon Mayor

First things first: Simon Mayor is an extraordinarily talented mandolin player. He is clearly a little obsessed: the CD booklet...

Reviewed in issue July/2014