Reviews
Time Captain
Contemporary bluegrass- and rag-based groups often write and arrange their material to appeal to contemporary listeners – which might mean...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: December/2017
Cold Like Stones
Ecuadorean-born Coca Tenorio has a powerful, plangent voice. Settling in the Highlands of Scotland, she's imbibed that country's liking for...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2017
The Bird Who Sings Freedom
Though this is the debut album from Wiltshire folk singer Georgia Lewis, she has been performing as a trio with...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: December/2017
Northbound
There is a lot to like about this debut album from Newcastle-based four-piece Assembly Lane. Comprising mandolin player Tom Kimber,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2017
Afterglow
After Bellowhead disbanded in 2016, Jon Boden set about regrouping his band The Remnant Kings to record Afterglow, with fellow...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2017
Turmoil & Tinfoil
Something must be wrong with my ears. Every advance review of Turmoil & Tinfoil, the debut album by Nashville-based fourth-generation...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2017
Going Home
Since her debut in 2000, Canadian fiddler April Verch has sounded ever more confident both at soloing and at supporting...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: December/2017
Viajando Com O Som
Hermeto Pascoal & Grupo Vice Versa
Widely regarded as Brazil's most preternaturally gifted musician, Hermeto Pascoal has covered an incredible amount of creative ground in his...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: December/2017
Andina: The Sound of the Peruvian Andes, Huayno, Carnaval and Cumbia 1968-1978
It's become fashionable – or at least SEO-savvy – to give records epic subtitles. This album's subtitle is ‘The Sound...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2017
Carry Fire
The follow-up to 2014's Lullaby and… The Ceaseless Roar is hardly a world music album in any conventional sense. But...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2017
