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Review of Estampida

Estampida

Vktor Herrero

Foehn Records

Rating: ★★★★

The ‘stampede’ in Victor Herrero’s album title is actually more of a gentle trot around the sweet major and sadder...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2014

Review of Soul Tropical

Soul Tropical

David Walters

Heavenly Sweetness

Rating: ★★★

The grandson of West Indians from Saint-Kitts and Martinique and now resident in Marseilles, Walters continues his exploration of Afro-Caribbean...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2023

Review of Love Has Come for You

Love Has Come for You

Steve Martin & Edie Brickell

Rounder Records

Rating: ★★★

It’s interesting to ponder what the reception to this album would have been had it been released by a pair...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2014

Review of Here's a Health

Here's a Health

Said the Maiden

Maiden Records

Rating: ★★★

Jess Distill, Hannah Elizabeth and Katy Pilkington discovered a mutual love of folk music after spending their school years together...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: April/2018

Review of Del Diablo y del Angel

Del Diablo y del Angel

Mi Loco Tango

Zama 003

Rating: ★★★★

Two of Astor Piazzolla’s great suites – Angels’ and ‘Devils’ – evolved ove r many years and, as a consequ–...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2010

Review of All Covered with Moss

All Covered with Moss

Alison Perkins & Nicolas Brown

Alison Perkins & Nicola Brown

Rating: ★★★★

All Covered with Moss, the debut offering from Detroit, Michigan-based duo Alison Perkins and Nicolas Brown, arrives as the pair...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: April/2017

Review of Humanity is Falling Apart

Humanity is Falling Apart

Moh Alileche

Flag of Freedom

Rating: ★★

For better or worse, the ominous title of this new album by Moh Alileche is not borne out by the...

Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: Aug/Sep/2021

Review of Live at Tou

Live at Tou

Angrusori

Hudson Records

Rating: ★★★

A few years ago a group of musicians from the Slovakian Roma community came together with a group of musicians...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2021

Review of Umbrellowhead

Umbrellowhead

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Megafone MEGAFONE112

Rating: ★★★

Come across this on a shelf and you’ll think you’ve found a new Bellowhead album. But what we have here...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2010

Review of Tear in the River

Tear in the River

Roy Sunak

Distrokid

Rating: ★★★

Berlin-based bansuri player Roy Sunak's debut album, Tear in the River, can’t be faulted musically, even if its concept –...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: April/2023

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