Reviews
Cup of Sugar
A native West Virginian, 69-year-old Tim O’Brien represents the best of the contemporary Nashville scene. His instrumental acumen, especially on...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2023
Digital Indigenous 04: MP4MP3
In 2020, Polish label 1000Hz launched Digital Indigenous, a series showcasing producers who use rudimentary digital tools to create unique...
Reviewed by François Renoncourt in issue: July/2023
Cleveland Blues
Fred ‘Dave’ Davis was a musician in Kansas City, Missouri, but by the late 1960s, hard luck and prison had...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2023
Music from the Temple of Light
It is hard to sum up the music of Peter Culshaw in a single sentence. It runs the gamut of...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: July/2023
Hidden Waters: Strange and Sublime Sounds of Rio de Janeiro
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
Hidden Waters showcases the cream of Rio de Janeiro's thriving music scene, moving between samba, bossa nova, Candomblé, jazz and...
Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: July/2023
The Sky is the Same Colour Everywhere
Kayhan Kalhor & Toumani Diabaté
In recent years the kora has proven to be remarkably adaptable in duetting with non-African instruments. On The Sky is...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2023
Best of
As well as his years with Lau – five studio albums and numerous live sets – Drever has had an...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2023
The Devil's on the Mast
The Ciderhouse Rebellion & Kirsty Merryn
The prolific folk duo, fiddler Adam Summerhayes and accordionist Murray Grainger, have joined forces on their latest release with singer...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2023
Jim Ghedi & Toby Hay
There's an almost timeless, specifically British strain of pastoralism conjured on this second collaboration between acoustic guitarists Jim Ghedi (six-string)...
Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: July/2023
Wa Maret El Ayam /Hakam Aleena El Hawa
The cultural legacy Oum Kalthoum holds in Egypt and the wider Arab world is impossible to overstate. Beloved by heads...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: July/2023
