Reviews
Ser Fado
There's no beating around the bush: Telmo Pires’ second fado effort makes a poor case for his defence. It is...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Jump the Fire
California-based vocalist and clawhammer banjo player Evie Ladin shut herself away in a damp, dark cabin to compose the songs...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Si L’Hiver Peut Prendre
Lawrence O’Hearn André Marchand
The French title of this recording – ‘if only winter would take hold’ – has an idiomatic meaning in Québec....
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Song of Lahore
It's sad that the conductor of The Sachal Ensemble, Najat Ali, still feels it necessary to state that ‘we will...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Autumn's Hymn
Son of John is 24-year-old Jacob Johnson, a fingerstyle guitar player in the mould of Nic Jones or Martin Simpson,...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
This is Kologo Power!
Music from Bolgatanga, the capital of Ghana's Sahelian north-east region, is hugely different from the more accessible highlife generally made...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
In Dub
Probably best known as one-half of New Zealand electronic duo Pitch Black, flame-haired producer/keyboardist Paddy Free has also twiddled the...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Ceòl Mòr/Light & Shade
Ceòl Mòr, which translates as ‘Great Music,’ is the classical music of the highland bagpipe. This is an instrument of...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
