Reviews
Radiant Others
We are, perhaps, most familiar with the sound of a clarinet or violin taking the lead in instrumental klezmer music....
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: April/2018
Bare Knuckle
Across 20 years of playing together, Chris Stout and Catriona McKay have developed an international reputation for making striking string...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: April/2018
Vessel of Love
Reggae fans still unaware of Hollie Cook should be very excited. Describing her music as ‘tropical pop,’ the West London...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: April/2018
Medicine Songs
Buffy Sainte-Marie was one of the breakout stars of the early 1960s Greenwich Village folk scene. Not only was she...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: April/2018
Tantabara
Recorded with minimal equipment in a makeshift studio in their hometown of Niamey, the third international release from Niger's Tal...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2018
Les Voies du Monde
This group of French avant-garde jazz improvisers are not always an easy listen, but there are rewards to be had...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: April/2018
Below Ground
The members of Effra have both high-quality musicianship and integrity. They carry both lightly – banter at their gigs is...
Reviewed by Richard Gray in issue: April/2018
Harmonograph
A big welcome back to Sam Carter and Jim Moray, whose debut album under the guise of False Lights, Salvor,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2018
A Glint O’ Scottish Fiddle
Co-founder of Breabach Patsy Reid is one of the finest fiddle players working the Scottish scene today. A Glint O’...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: April/2018
Here's a Health
Jess Distill, Hannah Elizabeth and Katy Pilkington discovered a mutual love of folk music after spending their school years together...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: April/2018
