Reviews
Beneath a Level Head
It is fashionable for Western indie bands to use the rhythms and riffs of African music to spice up their...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: March/2013
Rebetiko Gymnastas
Last hard being lured to his demise by the call of a siren at the climax of his album Marinai,...
Reviewed by David Hutcheon in issue: March/2013
What Goes Up
Some years ago a collective of local musicians came together in a series of weekly jam sessions in a West...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2017
The Moral of the Elephant
We’ve heard them together in Waterson:Carthy, but this is the first time father and daughter have recorded as a duo,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2014
Sleeping Spirals
“I didn’t think I did need a cellist,” Hannah James says in a video describing the genesis of her new...
Reviewed by Sophie Parkes in issue: January/February/2022
Resiliencia
Taína Asili is a New York-born Puerto Rican singer-songwriter, activist, punk rocker, filmmaker and freedom fighter whose songs, videos, documentaries...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2019
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The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records (1917-1927) Volume One
Think of this as a time capsule. But not just any time capsule. This is more like a 10kg, bunker-busting...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Apr/May/2014
Shifted
It's evident from the outset, clearly audible in the three-part close vocal harmonies, that Harpeth Rising are three young ladies...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: December/2015
A Retrospective
Pink Martini | Pink Martini & Saori Yuki
‘If the United Nations had a house band in 1962, hopefully we’d be that band,’ commented Thomas Lauderdale, bandleader of...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
At Big Pink
This is a historic recording first released on the American Buddha label in 1968 and it's great that Floating World...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2017
