Reviews
Laugh, Dance & Sing
Gordie MacKeeman & His Rhythm Boys
You’ve got to love fiddler Gordie MacKeeman. In his recent video for the ‘Barbershop Sessions’ on YouTube, he takes you...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: March/2016
Anticipation
Born out of a tour around Trans-Pecos (west Texas), this first album of instrumental duets by guitarists Knowler and Winter...
Reviewed by Amy Hollinrake in issue: May/2021
The Rough Guide to Cajun & Zydeco
Compiler Herman Fuselier – a writer and broadcaster in Opelousas, Louisiana – states that not one of the artists on...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Djely Blues
One of the world's consummate guitarists with a touch, phrasing, rhythmic swing and fluidity to rival any rock’n’roll axe hero...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2016
The Rough Guide to the Music of Palestine
Less than 20 years ago, a representative of the Palestinian National Authority in London warned me that “there wasn't much...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: October/2014
Songs from the Forest Soundtrack
Thirty years ago, the American musicologist Louis Sarno travelled to the Central African Republic to research the music of the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2015
This Is Funkiwala
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
London-based record label Funkiwala is a global music treasure trove, a spiritual and (hopefully) commercial home for the best and...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: December/2022
Laws of Motion
Karine Polwart with Steven Polwart & Inge Thomson
Following hot on the heels of A Pocket of Wind Resistance, Polwart's album to accompany her Wind Resistance theatre project,...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: December/2018
Traces from an Old Vineyard
The first time I heard the subtle Iranian singer Mahsa Vahdat was via a CD playing at Lorca, an artists’...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: Apr/May/2015
God’s Plenty
Ambient duo Padang Food Tigers do not equip listeners with a map to navigate their signature fusion of found sound,...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: January/February/2022
