Reviews
Three Cane Whale
This debut from multi¬instrumentalist trio Three Cane Whale is a warming cinematic landscape of music vignettes, recorded in a Bristol...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: March/2012
I Would Not Live Always
I Would Not Live Always opens with a brief burst of burbling electronics before the traditional ballad ‘Lovely Joan’ weighs...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
El Bardo
Complete with standard-issue retro graphics, here is another senior discovery from Cuba by a gringo record company, in this case...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Another Day, Another Story
There is a purity and precision to James Findlay’s rendering of songs and tunes from the English folk tradition. He...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Front Porch Sessions
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
Anyone who has heard the grind and growl of the Indiana three-piece that is The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2017
Cold Weather Music
A skilled and tasteful guitarist, Paul Tasker has taken time out from his band, the Doghouse Roses, to craft a...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Cross Cultural X-periment: The Vanguard
Alexander Fedoriouk is a Ukrainian cimbalom player, currently living in Cleveland, Ohio. The cimbalom is the hammered dulcimer of Eastern...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: October/2021
Between Wind and Water
There's always been a natural joyfulness in the sound the String Sisters make together. Right from their first performance at...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: May/2018
Ayalgalar: Melodies
This is the fourth and highly listenable release by Tyva Kyzy. They were the first and only women's group in...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: May/2020
Pura Vida Conspiracy
It’d be a cliché to mention that salty yeast-based vegetarian spread in relation to whether one has a taste forHütz...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: October/2013
