Reviews
Bide Luzea Ternuarat
The margins of Europe – geopolitical and physical – vibrate with strange sounds and spirits. From Galicia to Finland to...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2015
Far Better Days
Comprising Steve Byrne, Mark Dunlop, Fiona Hunter and Mike Vass, Malinky have, over the last 15 years, confidently established themselves...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: June/2015
Live in Shetland
For her fourth solo album, Shetland fiddle player Jenna Reid teams up with three of her long-standing collaborators for a...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: June/2015
Shift
Shift, the debut album from Borders-born Kirsty Law, is a fine example of the plentiful talent burgeoning from Edinburgh's session...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: June/2015
Let's Go
The four daughters of the Reverend Sam McCrary (leader of noted gospel group The Fairfield Four) have built quite a...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: June/2015
Influence
The Count and the Cuban Cocktail
The ever-expanding Cuban diaspora notwithstanding, there's something slightly bizarre about the circumstances of this debut album – recorded by a...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2015
La Route Intérieure
For 20 years, producer, composer and instrumentalist Xavier Demerliac has been creating concept albums as L’Attirail. His records are influenced...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2015
Ba Power
Over the last few years, Bassekou Kouyaté has revolutionised the gutbucket sound of the ancient West African banjo known as...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2015
Biester
17 Hippies’ previous release, Titus Träumt (2013), was an album for children to which the Berlin collective brought all their...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2015
Fiesta Gitana con Camarón y sus Amigos
Camarón de la Isla was the superstar of post-war flamenco – he had the looks of Mick Jagger, lifestyle of...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2015
