Reviews
God is Not a Terrorist
Produced by Ian Brennan, the US music enthusiast whose wanderings have brought us the Malawi Mouse Boys and other treasures,...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: April/2019
Lucky Star
Royal Academy-trained, an acclaimed music educator for kids, a flugelhorn player and from England, Barbara Snow should not be as...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2019
Constant Companion
Cunning folk were – are – people of wisdom, practitioners of folk medicine and magic. Here, though, Cunning Folk is...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2019
To Catch a Ghost: Field Recordings from Madagascar
Canada-based sound recordist Charles Brooks has spent more than 20 years recording in the field and this is the second...
Reviewed by Mike Gavin in issue: April/2019
The Treasure Isle Ska Albums Collection
The international popularity of ska launched Jamaica's music industry in the early 1960s and one of the big players on...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: April/2019
Unfurl
Flora Curzon (violin) and Francesca Ter-Berg (cello) demonstrate a symbiotic musical relationship in this at times remarkable debut album. The...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: April/2019
Black Tenere
Anana Harouna is a singer-songwriter and guitarist from the Sahara with an intriguing history. He's a Touareg (he prefers the...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: April/2019
And If You Will Come to Me
Idan Raichel is a hugely successful Israeli composer and keyboard player with a considerable gift for catchy melodies you can't...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2019
