Reviews
Azerbaijani Gitara
As well as a hot contender for this year’s Most Charmingly Naff Cover Photo award, the inside of this album...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: January/2021
Live in Galway
Galway-based foursome We Banjo 3 have been winning plaudits and praise for the vitality and vigour of their live performances...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: November/2015
Chimney Swifts
Brad Kolodner's solo debut album, Chimney Swifts, is a splendid introduction to contemporary clawhammer banjo music. Kolodner's playing and choice...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: November/2021
Eilov
Mountains, glaciers, fjords – this is the landscape of Jølster in western Norway, just north of Bergen, where Gro Marie...
Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: December/2016
Nootee
The richness of sub-Saharan West African music continues to unfold before our ears as regional styles are identified and new...
Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Africa Express Presents…
Africa Express is a loose cooperative of like minds (with Damon Albarn somewhere near the hub) that takes Western rock...
Reviewed by Mark Ellingham in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Unearth Repeat
Following on from his Island Records’ debut, The Unfinished Violin, England's premier fiddler releases a small band album with a...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2020
Doomsday Survival Kit
Don't be fooled by the short tracklisting on Lebanese duo Praed's fourth album. The four tracks near an hour of...
Reviewed by Tutku Barbaros in issue: December/2019
La Gouache
In 2000, Parisian band Java gave traditional bal-musette (French accordion music) a 21st-century makeover, adding the lyrics of Erwan Séguillon...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: March/2021
