Reviews
Something Blue
Rob Heron & the Tea Pad Orchestra
First, a caveat: Rob Heron and his sharp-as-nails orchestra hail from old Newcastle, the one on the River Tyne in...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2016
Calypso Sound System
As the UK enjoys summer, as far as it can, it is clearly time for a reconnection with Trinidadian calypso....
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2016
Quiet Hum
The ‘West’ in this quartet's name refers to the North American West, and the band hails from Vancouver Island, which...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2016
Jump the Fire
California-based vocalist and clawhammer banjo player Evie Ladin shut herself away in a damp, dark cabin to compose the songs...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2016
Si L’Hiver Peut Prendre
Lawrence O’Hearn André Marchand
The French title of this recording – ‘if only winter would take hold’ – has an idiomatic meaning in Québec....
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2016
1000 Watts
Quantic Presents Flowering Inferno
On his latest release Quantic returns to the Flowering Inferno moniker he used for his 2010 album Dog With a...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2016
Cold Weather Music
A skilled and tasteful guitarist, Paul Tasker has taken time out from his band, the Doghouse Roses, to craft a...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2016
Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Vol 1
Take a cursory glance at Complete Recorded Works and you’d be forgiven for thinking it was the latest release from...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2016
Ziggy Marley
Bob Marley's most prolific son, Ziggy Marley, returns with a sixth studio album, aiming to put the world to rights...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2016
Bem-Ti-Vi
Nelson da Rabeca, Rolf-Erik Nystrøm, Celio de Carvalho & Dona Benedita
The rabeca is a rustic variant on the violin, with a deep, dry tone. After seeing one on TV at...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2016
