Reviews
See You Around
After years of teasing us – an impromptu debut at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival in 2014, a world tour and...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2018
Vacanti Sugnu China: Sicilian Folksongs
Matilde Politi e Compagnia Bella
Palermo-born Matilde Politi sings of disillusionment and resistance, despair and anger, love and longing, relationships and intimacy; she does so...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Revel and Rhyme
This is a serious-minded collection of original ballads in the English folk song tradition. The opener, ‘World Turned Upside Down’,...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: April/2020
If I Had the Strength
I'd never considered that Gogol Bordello might be popular in Canada, but Canadian band Lemon Bucket Orkestra prove that the...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2018
Baladi Blues Reloaded Volume II
Remixes are like recipes: it may be possible to create something thrilling out of very little but it really helps...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: March/2016
River of Revenge: Brazilian Country Music 1929-1961 (Vol 1 & 2)
The pop and crackle of early recording gear, the guttural twang of handmade instruments, hand-me-down harmonies and country songs of...
Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: May/2023
Dos Amantes
Los Desterrados, meaning ‘the exiles’, formed in 2000 with the aim of bringing ancient Ladino music back to life for...
Reviewed by Helen Beer in issue: July/2013
Remain in Light
When Angélique Kidjo performed Talking Heads’ landmark 1980 album Remain in Light in its entirety onstage at Carnegie Hall last...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2018
To Those of Earth… And Other Worlds
Sun Ra was one of the most prolific musicians of all time, releasing over 100 LPs under a plethora of...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Old England Grown New
He has supported the likes of Martin Carthy, Dave Swarbrick and Chris Wood, worked on performance pieces with storytellers, fronted...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
