Reviews
The Rough Guide to Ragtime Blues
World Music Network seem to issue their Rough Guides to The Blues at an almost monthly rate – which suggests...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2017
Oi! A Nova Musica Brasileira!
From the CDs released outside Brazil, people would be forgiven for thinking that today's Brazilians listen to nothing but 70s...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Invisible Music
The late, great writer Angela Carter would almost certainly have relished the fact that Polly Paulusma once lived in London’s...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2021
Shadows Tall
The award-winning pairing of singer and pianist Siobhan Miller from Penicuik near Edinburgh and singer and fiddler Jeana Leslie from...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2011
Venti
Francesco Loccisano and Marcello De Carolis
The chitarra battente (literally ‘beating guitar’) is an Italian variation of the instrument, closer to a lute or mandolin, with...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: May/2021
The Ballad of Dood & Juanita
Explaining The Ballad of Dood & Juanita to an interviewer, Sturgill Simpson offered, ‘I’ve only ever really been interested in...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2021
Turning Point
For quite some time now, Celso Fonseca has led a solid career as an MPB (Brazilian Popular Music) singer-songwriter. His...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: July/2019
Cool, Calm & Collected
This compilation brings together the highlights of ten years from these champions of Welsh traditional music. Allan yn y Fan...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2014
Tricota
Electronic tango is in a decadent but decisive phase. As the fad falls away, a few bands have managed to...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Lines: Parts One, Two and Three
Lines, the latest of The Unthanks' many ambitious and innovative projects, is a trilogy of song cycles, each with a...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2019
