Reviews
Bold Reynold
Despite his extensive success performing in folk clubs in the 1970s, David Carroll never got around to recording a solo...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: April/2023
Fazendo as Pazes com o Swing
Before rock'n'roll there was swing – with big bands fronted by musicians like Benny Goodman introducing African-American syncopation and jazz...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Apr/May/2014
The Rough Guide to Ali Akbar Khan
It is rare for a single musician to be called the greatest living musician of his time, yet that is...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: November/2018
Poyln: A Gilgul
Although there's been a great revival of klezmer and Jewish music in the former Eastern Bloc, it's still American musicians...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: May/2016
Chasing the Sun
Trilling banjo and strummed guitar, expressive fiddle lines and the purest close-harmony vocals: Chasing the Sun opens with a gorgeous,...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: July/2015
No Petticoats Here
This is a gutsy and meticulously researched project paying tribute to the largely forgotten stories of female heroism in World...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Hell on Church Street
The death of Tony Rice on Christmas Day 2020 robbed bluegrass of one of its most influential musicians. Béla Fleck’s...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/February/2022
Pecata Beata
Pecata Beata is the third album by Catalan singer, composer and clarinettist Carola Ortiz (who contributed clarinet on Anandi Bhattacharya’s...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: July/2021
The Forest In Me
Hard-working Cretan-Australian duo Xylouris White continue to further their culty freeform lute-and-drums oeuvre with The Forest in Me, their fifth...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: May/2023
