Reviews
Guitar Solo: Universo Musical de Egberto Gismonti
Daniel Murray, a highly regarded Brazilian guitarist, has here put together a well-balanced tribute to the legendary Egberto Gismonti –...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: December/2019
Wings
Knowing nothing about this seven-piece, save that it hailed from Hungary and appeared to have a religious bent, on first...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: December/2019
Pura Vida (Banda Sonora)
Mísia was integral to the new wave of fadistas in the 1990s, helping to revitalise the genre with new influences,...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: December/2019
The Rough Guide to the Roots of Country Music
In the 1920s and early 30s the term ‘country music’ had yet to be invented, so any description applied to...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: December/2019
Rolling Back
Hungarian Gypsy band Parno Graszt hail from the village of Paszab in the north-east of the country. Led by tambura...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2019
Est'd 1969
A reinvigorated Steeleye Span set their stall against an illustrious past with Est'd 1969 and it's up there with the...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2019
New Luk Tung
This album is the latest Thai release from Japan's EM Records and marks a departure from previous reissues of Thai...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: December/2019
Imrich
In 1979 Calum Martin released his first studio album. Fort years later, with the release of Imrich, Martin continues to...
Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: December/2019
Arenig
Hailing from Snowdonia, the young singer, song collector and instrumentalist Gwilym Bowen Rhys was a member of rock band Y...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2019
Rhododendron
Topette!! are an Anglo-French dance band of great verve. It would be a curmudgeon of great resolve who could resist...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: December/2019
