Reviews
Nesta
This is an album with some great intros. Rather like the slow, inquisitive alaaps that introduce a raga in Indian...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: July/2010
Long Gone Out West Blues
Long Gone Out West Blues is a worthy sequel to Pharis and Jason Romero’s first effort, A Passing Glimpse. It...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2013
Anatolian Alchemy
Arifa's second CD may not sweep you off your feet like an avalanche but, like the Pied Piper, these four...
Reviewed by Ton Maas in issue: March/2013
Banjophonics
With tune titles including ‘Daisy’s Dance’ and ‘Happy Little Phoebe’ (Daisy and Phoebe being the names of Damien O’Kane’s two...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: August/September/2022
Sound Therapy
French multi-instrumentalist, singer and producer Julien Souletie has been working under the name Manjul from his own Humble Ark Studio...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2022
The Bone Orchard
Gavin Davenport is a folk singer gifted with a fine voice warmed by the northern vowels of Yorkshire, and the...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2013
Château du Garage
This is a very strange concoction. Spöket i Köket (Ghost in the Kitchen) are a ten-piece band based in Sweden,...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: October/2019
The Rough Guide to the Best World Music You’ve Never Heard
Much has been written about ‘world music’ as a genre – going back to David Byrne's 1999 New York Times...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: May/2016
Pompadour
In the four years since his last solo recording, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Tim O’Brien has been recording and touring with...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2016
