This four-piece really do knock out a great song. They’re tight, confident and manage to make folk music sound contemporary...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2014
Having spent six years creating and recording The Strathglass Trilogy, his ambitious three-album instrumental tribute to the land where his...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2014
Lost & Undone is a bona fide gospel album, graced by songs popularised by legendary country and bluegrass artists and...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2014
Like a younger, slightly stroppier cousin to Celtic Connections’ Transatlantic Sessions, the Liverpool Irish Festival’s Irish Sea Sessions bring together...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2014
This follow-up to 2010’s Unique Sound of Luanda trawls a similar time period. Subtitled Hypnosis, Distortion & Other Sonic Innovations...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: March/2014
Enter a labyrinth of aural deception in which you can trust nothing and no-one. The brainchild of Professor Singleton Purblind...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2014
The tongue-in-cheek liner notes for this release, the fourth by this amalgamation of New York-based jazz and world musicians, sets...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: March/2014
Just how many jazz oud recordings does the world really need? While there certainly is a shared tradition of improvisation...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: March/2014
It was always going to be interesting to see how Damon Albarn’s Africa Express project would translate to the recording...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2014
They have been described as a ‘Québécois power trio,’ and the group’s power, apparent in their former stint with La...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: March/2014
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