Reviews
The Mighty Rootsmen
Long in the making, US rock producer Ralph Sall’s Mighty Rootsmen project sees ten evergreen rock and pop standards reimagined...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: August/2025
Boleros Psicodélicos II
The bolero is the Latin American equivalent of the torch song, expressing the anguish of love and loss, and using...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: August/2025
Ar Lagad-Bleiz
Breton dance quartet Spontus are renowned for the proficiency of their playing. In their music, violin, bass, acoustic guitar and...
Reviewed by Fred Waine in issue: August/2025
Die Demokratie
Growing up in Germany as part of the Turkish diaspora, Ozan Ata Canani began playing the bağlama and writing songs...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2025
A Danger To Ourselves
Anyone expecting more heightened sci-fi concepts and bright instrumentation, as heard on Lucrecia Dalt's breakthrough album ¡Ay! is going to...
Reviewed by Rosie Esther Solomon in issue: September/2025
Tropicoqueta
After the huge success of the Puerto Rican roots album by reggaeton star Bad Bunny, it's the turn of Colombia's...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: September/2025
Cast Your Fate To The Wind: The Complete Decca UK Recordings
Marianne Faithfull was a complex lady. She was not just the languid pop star who recorded ‘As Tears Go By’...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: September/2025
Two Strings
Jake Shulman-Ment & Abigale Reisman
It's uncommon to have two violins in a klezmer band; more frequently, one violin vies with clarinet and other solo...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: September/2025
