Reviews
The Rough Guide to Gypsy Revival
World Music Network handle all the Rough Guide compilations and in recent years have done a series of Gypsy-themed CDs....
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Heading Out
After first meeting in the Sage Gateshead's influential Folkestra, violinist Kevin Lees and guitarist Matthew Jones became key members of...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: July/2020
Tell My Sister
They were the unlikeliest of pop stars: two sisters from the ancient Laurentian moun¬tain range north¬west of Montreal, plain-spoken homebodies...
Reviewed by Roger Hahn in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
The Well Worn Path
This ninth solo album from the West Country fiddler and singer-songwriter might well be his equivalent of Fairport Convention's Liege...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: December/2018
The Remarkable Return of Old Man Basco
Originally, Basco were formed as a vehicle for Hal Parfitt-Murray's music after he met members Anders Tophøj and Anders Ringgaard...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Gon’ Boogaloo
Australian bluesman CW Stoneking's last album, Jungle Blues, made the international scene sit up and take notice. The mix of...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: March/2015
Abraçaço
Caetano Veloso signs off his letters and emails with 'umabrado'(A big hug) and with this CD he signs off a...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: June/2013
Pafata
Describing themselves as a ‘Latin rock fusion’ group, ¿Who's the Cuban? are a septet from France's Grand Est region. Since...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2023
