Reviews
Dumiyah
The sensuous allure of Basya Schechter's voice, along with the exotic arrangements and performance style she brings to the group...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: March/2015
The Rough Guide to Bollywood Disco
The vintage Bollywood soundtrack era is more often presented in the context of funk than disco, but there's no argument...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: March/2015
Astrakan Project B
The follow-up album to the pair's Astrakan Project features more bracing Breton gloominess by this talented couple. The disc is...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: March/2015
Something to Someone
Run Boy Run is an Americana group from Tucson, Arizona, whose profile was immeasurably enhanced by appearances at the 2009...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2015
Gon’ Boogaloo
Australian bluesman CW Stoneking's last album, Jungle Blues, made the international scene sit up and take notice. The mix of...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: March/2015
90 Degrees of Shade
This double CD celebrating music found across the Caribbean region is a delight from start to finish. As the excellent...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2015
Tomorrow Will Follow Today
Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman
A young man refuses to sleep with his uncle's wife. She stabs herself and blames the boy. His uncle has...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2015
It is Time for You to Return
Jozef van Wissem is a baroque lute player and self-styled avant-garde composer who recently came to prominence for his soundtrack...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: March/2015
The Search for Five Finger Frank
This mammoth set – 27 tracks in all – aims to rescue from obscurity the memory of Leeds folk-song collector...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: March/2015
