Reviews
Allt
Julie Fowlis, Éamon Doorley, Zoë Conway & John Mc Intyre
This feels like something of a Gaelic supergroup album. It brings together two power couples – Hebridean singer and whistles...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
The Long March
Le Trio Joubran have been musical flag-bearers for the Palestinian people for more than a decade. For The Long March,...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: December/2018
Times from Times Fall
This Orkney born and bred quartet – fiddlers Kristan Harvey, Jeana Leslie and Catriona Price, alongside pianist Jennifer Austin –...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: December/2018
The Well Worn Path
This ninth solo album from the West Country fiddler and singer-songwriter might well be his equivalent of Fairport Convention's Liege...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: December/2018
Mystic Dance
The third album from the London-based Sudanese-Italian singer Amira Kheir is a tour de force that builds and expands on...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2018
Two Niles to Sing a Melody: The Violins and Synths of Sudan
They dipped their toe into vintage Sudanese music with an album by Abu Obaida Hassan a few months ago; now...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: December/2018
Take It
Bristol reggae band Black Roots have offered a powerful social commentary for 40 years – spreading a message of love,...
Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: December/2018
Big Brothers
Veteran Jamaican roots singer Winston McAnuff and French accordionist Fixi collaborate again here on a long-awaited second album; McAnuff used...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: December/2018
Stringhenge
An extremely talented classical guitarist, Richard Durrant wears his considerable talents lightly aross this 22-track double CD. Containing a charming...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: December/2018
