Reviews
Lily-O
With his assured fiddle, guitar, banjo and voice, this native of Brattleboro, Vermont has a firm enough grasp of American...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Storied Sounds
Accordionist and composer Tuulikki Bartosik made quite an impression with her previous album, Chatterbox, with Hannah James. Her latest project,...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: October/2016
Rise Jamaica! Independence Jamaica Special
When Jamaica achieved its independence from Britain on August 6 1962, its music industry was still in the nascent stages...
Reviewed by David Katz in issue: October/2022
La Voix de la Passion
Three elements compete in La Voix de la Passion, an intriguing CD by Damascus conservatory graduates Waed Bouhassoun and Moslem...
Reviewed by Martin Stokes in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Orchestre Univers
Two years after his successful Univers-Île album [a Top of the World album review in #132], Jeremy Labelle, a forerunner...
Reviewed by Pierre Cuny in issue: July/2019
The Fighting Kangaroo
The cover looks like an Aussie road sign, but the trio of musicians – who sound like a much bigger...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2018
Les Nuits
This collaboration between the Anglo-Middle Eastern singer and Egyptian composer and multi-instrumentalist Samy Bishai emerged from a stage collaboration with...
Reviewed by Jim Cumming in issue: March/2014
Up the Hill and Through the Fog
The COVID-19 pandemic exacted a particularly tough toll on The Slocan Ramblers. Bandmates Adrian Gross (mandolin) and Darryl Poulsen (guitar,...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2022
Tangle of Souls
Tangle of Souls is the seventh full-length album by American-born, Edmonton, Alberta-based, globe-trotting troubadour Scott Cook. By full-length, we’re talking...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2020
Full Attack, With Sudden Defences
Things gets off to a compelling start with ominous double bass, loose splashy drums, and a snatch of film noir-ish...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
