Reviews
The Tapi Project
Tapi put their best feet forward on opener ‘Paigam’, with a surando (folk fiddle) sample introducing a reflective vocal refrain....
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: July/2019
Vision & Revision: The First 80 Years of Topic Records
Topic Records grew out of the Workers' Music Association and over eight decades has consistently championed music made by working...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2019
Travesuras
Rock, electronica, Cuban rhythms, Middle Eastern music and Gregorian chant are among the passions of classically trained Spanish pianist Daniel...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2019
City on a Hill
Richard Thompson's ‘1952 Vincent Black Lightning’ has become something of a new bluegrass standard thanks to The Del McCoury Band's...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: July/2019
Guitar Maestro
Known as much for his books on guitar playing as his virtuosity, Spanish maestro Juan Martín possesses quite a lineage....
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2019
Benji & Rita
Benji Kaplan and Rita Figueiredo's first album as a duo is a curious, avant-garde mish-mash. For the most part, the...
Reviewed by Gabrielle Messeder in issue: July/2019
Growing Upward
Rupa & the April Fishes are back after a long break. The San Francisco-based band led by singer-songwriter, doctor and...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: July/2019
The Fell
Bosky and fecund, the second album from Northumberland's Brothers Gillespie is steeped in the gently lilting folk sensibility and travelling-man...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2019
Kyogokuryu-Sokyoku ‘Shinshunfu’
The latest instalment of EM Records' archive series focuses on a single piece by Japanese composer Kohei Amada (1892-1985). A...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: July/2019
360°
Mulele Matondo was born in Kinshasa but his career was built in Zimbabwe, working with the Lubumbashi Stars and the...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: July/2019
