The Land We Hold Dear is the first release by The Barker Band since the passing in April 2012 of...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: November/2015
The Gnawa and World Music Festival of Essaouira, Morocco is one of the planet's most pioneering and progressive musical celebrations....
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Not one, not two but three CDs destined to send lovers of timba – that hard-edged derivative of Cuban salsa...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2011
As compiler Daniel Rosenberg concedes in his liner notes, voodoo, in Western popular culture at least, has never had the...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Sam Carter is a brilliant guitarist and songwriter who combines the observational with social comment and personal reflection. He has...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2016
How the anguished bass laments, taunted by the merciless, provoking accordion. But they forgive and make up, dancing around each...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
As we saw in the March issue (#155), the craze for Japanese taiko drumming is far reaching. KyoShinDo are a...
Reviewed by Michael Church in issue: June/2020
Ben Hunter, Phil Wiggins & Joe Seamons
This may not be a concert recording, but it has all the spontaneity, intimacy and magic of a great gig:...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: May/2017
Kaia Kater's 2016 debut album Nine Pin won the young Canadian banjo player and singer-songwriter plenty of attention – including...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2019
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