Reviews
Tangled Country
Fans of the softer, gentler end of the Americana spectrum will be drawn to Tangled Country, the fourth album by...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2016
Abale Ndikuwuzeni
Let's start by introducing Gasper Nali's instrument, which is known as a babatoni. Once seen, it's never forgotten. It is...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2016
Best Day
Brought up in the Scottish Highlands, Glasgow-based multi-instrumentalists Mairearad Green and Anna Massie have developed a reputation for their accomplished,...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: March/2016
Nação Zumbi
It's close to 20 years since Nação Zumbi's original singer Chico Science died in a car accident, an event that...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2016
Pompadour
In the four years since his last solo recording, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Tim O’Brien has been recording and touring with...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2016
Lost
For this new recording with her partner Graham Fitkin, Scottish harpist Ruth Wall employs both Gaelic wire-strung harp and concert...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2016
New Cities
New Cities is the third album from a collective exploring the possibilities that emerge from adapting source material from the...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: March/2016
The Song of the Banjo
After a six-year hiatus, the banjo-picker, composer, Harvard graduate, former investment banker and record-label founder Alison Brown has released The...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2016
Ulaid
John McSherry, Dónal O’Connor & Seán Óg Graham
Proof that virtuosity isn’t all about ego, volume and speed comes in the form of this appealingly relaxed debut from...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: March/2016
Two Wolves
Marry Waterson & David A Jaycock
Marry Waterson is an intriguingly contradictory artist. Her singing is restrained, almost shy, and at the same time intense and...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2016
