Reviews
Images on Guitar
The late Brazilian acoustic guitarist Baden Powell – yes, his father named him after the founder of the scouting movement...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: April/2022
Sounds from the Saray
Apparently taken prisoner in his youth by marauding Tatars and sold at the slave market in Constantinople, Wojciech Bobowski (c1610-1675)...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: April/2022
Drawn to the Light
Fiddle player Oli Wilson-Dickson and guitarist Dylan Fowler have a lengthy history of working together, sharing projects including The Devil’s...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: April/2022
Are You Invested in the Economy of Love?
While this debut release from London/Lefkosia-based project ELY features some of the UK’s finest contemporary jazz musicians – including AIM...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: April/2022
Both in a Tune
Two giants of English folk from different generations come together with an album of tunes that follows on from their...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2022
Soaring Wild Lands
Dawda’s father Amadu Bansang Jobarteh was in effect the official kora player to Gambia’s first president, and he named his...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2022
20 Printemps
Le Vent du Nord | Le Vent Du Nord
Le Vent Du Nord have been together for 20 years, and this, their 11th album, marks that anniversary. Calling it...
Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: April/2022
Welcome to New Hoyle
New Hoyle is a figment of Brad Fielder’s musical imagination. Inspired by a tiny, no-longer-extant town in north-west Oklahoma where...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2022
PAN Project
Taking their name from the Korean music-storytelling tradition pansori – meaning ‘to gather’ or ‘come together’ – PAN Project is a...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: March/2022
IRE
These four Colombians who met, and started making music together, in New York, have crafted their own slightly-rock, slightly-psych and...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2022
