Reviews
Saigon Supersound, 1965-75 Volume 1
Five years after Sublime Frequencies' release Saigon Rock and Soul – Vietnamese Classic Tracks 1968-1974 (reviewed in #85), here is...
Reviewed by Barley Norton in issue: October/2017
Allo, Balthazar?!
Ah, now this is a delight! The pairing of leading Gypsy jazz guitarist Romane and celebrated accordion player Eric Bouvelle...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2017
Stargazer
Inspired by the expressionist paintings of Jack Butler Yeats (brother of the poet WB Yeats), Stargazer positions Ensemble Ériu as...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2017
Independence Ska and the Far East Sound
The Skatalites' brief original existence from 1963 to 1965 surely marks them out as one of the most influential bands...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2017
Caribbean in America 1915-1962
No niche is too specialist for France's Frémeaux label. This release contains a whopping 66 tracks. But then again, American...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2017
Golden Boy
Watermelon Slim is a singer, guitarist and songwriter from Oklahoma. He's lived a varied life, including serving in the Vietnam...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2017
In Flow
Irish concertina master Jack Talty here presents his first solo album, a well-considered collection of tunes. Jigs, reels, hornpipes and...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: October/2017
Ryan Young
This hotly tipped, er, young Scottish fiddler has won, and been nominated for a plethora of folk and fiddling awards....
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: October/2017
Live in America
Over the last few years, Oumar Konaté has been making his mark on the Mali guitar scene, his guitar-bass-drums trio...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2017
Durrant y Ledesma
Richard Durrant & Ismael Ledesma
The harp rose to prominence in the monkish missions of southern South America. In Paraguay, where rural society has survived...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2017
