Reviews
Live at Celtic Connections
Having spent six years creating and recording The Strathglass Trilogy, his ambitious three-album instrumental tribute to the land where his...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2014
Every Mortal Place
For 40 years, the great English squeezebox player, singer and Morris dancer, John Kirkpatrick, has lived in Shropshire. Every Mortal...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Apr/May/2013
Feast Frost Bites
Pauls Hutchinson and Sartin return with a festive offering of carols and tunes to see us through yuletide. The result...
Reviewed by Andy Letcher in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Wood/Metal/Plastic/Pattern/Rhythm/Rock
This second album by the New York duo 75 Dollar Bill made the year-end ‘Best Of’ lists in several UK...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2017
Afterlife
Aussie saxophonist Matt Keegan has spearheaded an extraordinary fusion on Afterlife, combining Indian folk voice and verse with buoyant baritone...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: October/2022
Entreverados
Gato, zamba, chacarera, milonga: these musics were the seedbed from which tango sprung and have since become an ongoing rural...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2017
Landskein
Lauren MacColl is one of Scotland’s finest fiddlers. Her latest album’s title, Landskein, loosely means ‘Thread’ and it is in...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: November/2020
New Orleans Funk Vol 4
Soul Jazz Records does a remarkable job in its reissues of Caribbean music and the New Orleans Funk series always...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2017
Tiganeasca
French Gypsy band Les Yeux Noirs take their name from a Django Reinhardt tune. They formed around fiddlers and singers...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2011
Me Quité
A gem for Cuban music lovers: a new album from seasoned singer Héctor Valentín, lead vocalist for some of the...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2021
