Reviews
Guantanamera: The Essential Album
‘Ten years without Compay Segundo,’ says the sticker on the album cover, which is a slightly odd marketing slogan for...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
The Space Between
Kicking off with a fiery, drum-pounding reel courtesy of Jerry Holland (‘Brenda Stubbert’s Reel’) and closing with the rather spooky...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: November/2022
Door to the Cosmos
When Sun Ra dared to knock on the door of the cosmos in 1979 whoever let him in didn’t close...
Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: November/2020
¡Ay!
¡Ay!, the seventh solo release from Colombian-born, Berlin-based musician and producer Lucrecia Dalt, is an album of twin concepts. The...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: November/2022
Incidents & Accidents
The best tracks on British singer and banjo player Dan Walsh's previous album, The Same but Different, were its solo...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Apr/May/2015
Light as a Feather
You’ll find slapped bass, synthesizers and even (whisper it) synth-drums on this reissue. But you’ll also find memorable compositions, soaring...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2013
Once in a Blue Moon
Luciano Biondini & Klaus Falschlunger
There’s such a tremendous energy, vibrancy and immediacy in this new global fusion album, Once in a Blue Moon. Austrian...
Reviewed by James Roriston in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
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Back to Følk (Music from Følklānd)
Like the ancient Hungarians who migrated from the Urals to the banks of the Danube, Kerekes Band have been on...
Reviewed by Tommie Black-Roff in issue: November/2016
Folk Songs
There are few more reliable guarantees of quality in any form of contemporary music than if the name Kronos appears...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2017
