Reviews
Horse Camp
The Lowest Pair & Small Town Therapy
In 2020, while camping in the Pacific Northwest, Kendl Winter (vocals, banjo, guitar) and Palmer T Lee (vocals, banjo, guitar),...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2023
12 Bombazos Bailables
Considering the sheer amount of quality music that came out of Colombia from the 50s through to the 70s, highlighted...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: June/2020
Chalo
This charitable 28-track compilation aims to raise the profile of South Asian music, bringing together artists from the region and...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: April/2021
The Rough Guide to Sufi Music
Six years ago, I attended the grandly titled World Performing Arts Festival in the Pakistani city of Lahore, and was...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Mean Old World
A native of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Gordie Tentrees was raised on a farm in an environment described in his bio...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2021
The Band Beyond Borders: Fertile Paradoxes
When guest Kaushiki Chakraborty launches into a three-and-a-half octave taan, the rapid virtuoso hallmark of her mesmeric Hindustani vocals, listeners...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: July/2017
Wild Tune Stray Rhythm
Song Yuzhe comes from north-east China and he is the composer of this dynamic set of songs and instrumentals. On...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: July/2013
Rye Groove
Esko Järvelä Epic Male Band was born to party. Their unstoppable, urgent playing, mixed with rock-style stage performances has earned...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2015
The Canny Band
The debut album from Sam Mabbett, Michael Biggins and Callum Convoy is an exciting and fresh piece of trad fusion....
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2022
Lotus Wight's Ode to the Banjo
Lotus Wight is the nom du guerre of Toronto native Sam Allison, a songster, folklorist, poet, fiddler, banjo historian and...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2016
