Reviews

The Queen of Hearts

Offa Rex

Offa Rex comprise English singer-songwriter Olivia Chaney and US indie rockers The Decemberists; Queen of Hearts is the result of...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2017

Pintura

1982

Nils Økland, Sigbjorn Apeland and Øyvind Skarbø are outstanding musicians with a sense of adventure – I once saw them...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: March/2012

Out of Sight

Kroke

The Polish trio Kroke formed back in 1992 and started playing Jewish klezmer in their home city of Krakow –...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2010

Tempos Futuros

Alex Malheiros

Like long-time partner in rhythm, drummer Ivan ‘Mamao’ Conti, Azymuth’s veteran bassist Alex Malheiros makes an occasional solo sortie. This...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2022

Injo

Matuki

Gambian percussionist and singer Ebou Sanyang formed Matuki in Bristol last year and their live debut was at Glastonbury Festival....

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Blow the Wind Southerly

Esbe

The classically-trained UK-based singer, guitarist, composer and producer Esbe is nothing if not prolific – Blow the Wind Southerly is...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2023

Onwards

Mile Twelve

Formed in 2014, Mile Twelve are largely the product of the interest in bluegrass and other acoustic folk idioms within...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2018

Guwak

East Journey

The first thing most listeners would think upon hearing young Aboriginal band East Journey is that we’ve heard this before....

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2012

Anian

9Bach

The Welsh band's third album is a cohesive, interconnected set of original songs and carefully placed Welsh folk songs, including...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2016

The Earth with her Crowns

Laura Cannell

Laura Cannell is an improvising musician who plays violin, often overbowing, a technique that allows her to sound all four...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sept/2020