Reviews
London Stories
Maciek Pysz (from Poland) and Gianluca Corona (from Italy) first played together in 2012, at an East London jam session....
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: November/2017
What Goes Up
Some years ago a collective of local musicians came together in a series of weekly jam sessions in a West...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2017
Inventions
Their first two albums drew from the collections of Playford's The English Dancing Master and others, bringing dances and tunes...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2017
What We Leave Behind
Produced in Nashville by fellow Canadian songwriter and producer Gordie Sampson, the follow-up to the splendid debut album Secret Victory...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: November/2017
Tigre
Tigre, Banda Magda's third album (which is subtitled Stories of Courage and Fearlessness) is a polished affair, swathed in lush...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: November/2017
Simplify
At a time when technology is turning human beings into human ‘doings’ in a relentless struggle for power and money,...
Reviewed by Leander Hobbs in issue: November/2017
Pretty Peggy
The second album from the Cornish-based singer, Britain's Got Talent finalist and BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winner develops the...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2017
Dañs!
Take a voice steeped in Breton tradition, team it with two musicians from a younger generation, and have another look...
Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: November/2017
Original
Bobby Osborne's latest album is an engaging compendium of tunes by some of Memphis' finest songwriters, from the 86-year-old high-lonesome...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: November/2017
Songs of Lalon Shah
The Bengali poet Lalon Shah, popularly known as Moner Manush (Man of the Heart), is the most celebrated of the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2017
