Reviews
High Doh
Damian McKee, Gudrun Walther & Aaron Jones
Over the last 15 years, Damian McKee (button box) of Beoga, Gudrun Walther (fiddle, vocals) from CARA and Aaron Jones...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: November/2022
Ethnic Minority Music of Southern China
This highly personal collection of music is the distillation of 55 CDs’ worth of source material lovingly recorded between 2006...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Diaspora Kid
The Los Angeles music scene, famed for its slick studio bands and hit factories, has a reputation for perfection rather...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: July/2020
Medea
Composed to accompany performances of Euripides’ bloody revenge tragedy Medea at the EpÍdavros and Athens Festivals in 2011, Eleni Karaindrou’s...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: June/2014
Freedom Cry:Condemned Choirs
More than 550 men and women sit on death row in Uganda's prisons, condemned for crimes that include not only...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Almanac Behind
Visionary guitarist Daniel Bachman is steeped in the tradition of American primitive fingerstyle masters such as John Fahey, Robbie Basho...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2023
Children of the Otter
The leading Tuvan throat singing group Huun Huur Tu have made many notable collaborations over the past 25 years. However,...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: March/2019
Food Chain
London Afrobeat Collective are a ten-piece ensemble that bring a taste of Lagos to the UK's capital. Their new album...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Old Stock
The resonantly crackling baritone voice of Ben Caplan dominates the proceedings on Old Stock, the Halifax, Nova Scotia native's third...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Kodama
The international debut release from Franco-Japanese singer Maïa Barouh is an eclectic affair and reveals a young and talented artist...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
