Reviews
Fire Under the Bridge
This sextet of folk musicians came together in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in northern England, in the shadow of the mighty Tyne Bridge,...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2020
Second Avenue Square Dance
Margot Leverett & the Klezmer Mountain Boys
Second Avenue Square Dance is the second CD on Traditional Crossroads by Margot Leverett & the Klezmer Mountain Boys (Barry...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2010
Adana
Vardan Hovanissian & Emre Gültekin
Duduk player Vardan Hovanissian is clearly a master of the instrument and the soft plangent tones of the Armenian oboe...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2015
Sonocardiogram
Fronting big bands by 14, Cuban singer Daymé Arocena is now 27 and releasing her fourth album for Brownswood Recordings,...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: December/2019
Tous les Parfums
Solia (Sun) is Raquel Gigot (accordion) and Marielle Vancamp (nyckelharpa) from Belgium. The duo’s debut digs into the repertoire of...
Reviewed by Anne Girard in issue: March/2022
Kenya Special: Selected East African Recordings From the 1970s and 1980s
After presumably running out of crates to dig through in West Africa for Soundway's splendid series of 70s archive recordings...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Gilles Peterson Presents: Havana Cultura – New Cuba Sound
Clubbers and Cubanophiles alike will leap on this double set from the zeitgeist-riding Gilles Peterson. Financed by Havana Rum and...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Kala Kalo
This is ‘shut your eyes and go on a journey’ music. Or possibly ‘dance dreamily around in your living room’...
Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Rescattermastered
The Hebridean Isles of Tiree and South Uist are a hotchpotch of creative musical talent and Trail West, whose members...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: December/2016
The St Buryan Sessions
Throughout 2021, Sarah McQuaid has been releasing songs and videos as The St Buryan Sessions, her live lockdown recordings made...
Reviewed by Sophie Parkes in issue: December/2021
