Reviews
Release the Penguins
Flamenco, jazz and Gypsy swing mingle together in the world of the TG Collective, a guitar-led sextet from a British...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: July/2012
A Treasury of Shanties and Songs of the Sea
A Treasury is just that, a hoard of the best shanties. Furthermore, it’s sung by four of the finest outfits...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2012
Songs to Scythe Back the Overgrown
This young Manchester-based singer-songwriter and guitarist first made a bit of a name for himself in a duo with fiddler...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: July/2012
African Voices
The art of a good compilation is to take the listener seamlessly from track to track even when there appears...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2012
No Ama
The daughter of a diplomat, Nancy Vieira was born in Guinea Bissau, grew up in the Cape Verdean capital, Praia,...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2012
Paspanga
On every track of this album there's a rich and strange presence in the soundscape, be it a lick, a...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: July/2012
Two Fine Days
Lyrically original songs and delicate instrumentals mix and merge on Two Fine Days, from young duo Jack McNeill and Charlie...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2012
La Voix de la Révolution
Sory Kandia Kouyaté was a link between the ancient griot tradition of sung history and the modern popular music of...
Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: June/2012
The Vice of the People
Folk-rock guv’nor Ashley Hutchings has passed on the title deeds of The Albion Band to his son Blair Dunlop and,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2012
