Reviews
Blight and Blossom
Leader of the new-generation Albion Band, son of folk¬rock guv’nor Ashley Hutchings and the child actor who played the young...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Fangnawa Experience
Fanga & Maalem Abdallah Guinea
In an era where collaboration is the key to some of the most exciting musical styles around, some fusions remain...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Triode
Like Natacha Atlas, Laila Amezian was bom in Belgium to parents of Moroccan heritage. And like Atlas, she has spent...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Shuffle
The stompers of King Porter hail from the southern shores of the UK – they’re a seven-piece Brighton-based collective that...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Bande Italiane
Look at a map of southern Europe, think raucous brass bands and you’re probably drawn to the Balkans – Serbia...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Brothers in Bamako
The American folk¬blues guitarist Eric Bibb is hardly in the same legendary league as Ry Cooder or Taj Mahal. Nor...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Z is for Zykopops
This sounds like a half-baked student project that shouldn’t have gone beyond the confines of Zagreb University. It’s a shame,...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Affric
Chisholm was born and raised in Inverness, in the Scottish Highlands. He learned under the late, great fiddler player, composer...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Seben Steps to Heaven
Formed in Yorkshire and now based in London, Congo Dia Ntotila is comprised of a mixture of African (mostly Congolese)...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
The Boss of the Bossa Nova
Don’t let the title put you off, this is a handy, single-disc anthology of bossa alchemist João Gilberto’s first three...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
