Reviews
Common Nation of Sorrow
Americans are angry. The signs are hard to miss. Bluegrass and old-time banjo music are good for expressing these discontents,...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2023
The Dawning
Founding member of folk group Assynt, fiddler and composer Graham Mackenzie follows his 2016 solo debut Crossing Borders with a...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: April/2023
Medicine
To get the full therapeutic benefit of Orchestra Gold's Medicine; it's best to play it loud. That way you experience...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: April/2023
Pasado en Claro
This album is credited to double bass player Anders Jormin, and indeed seven of the 11 compositions are his. Yet...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2023
Face to Face
Vusi Mahlasela, Norman Zulu & Jive Connection
The velvet-voiced Sotho folk singer Vusi Mahlasela met the Swedish jazz/soul collective Jive Connection in the early 1990s in an...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2023
Marwa
Netherlands-based Marianne Svašek is a dhrupad singer and sarangi player. In following her chosen vocation she has certainly ticked all...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: April/2023
Behique
Fernando García is a young Puerto Rican drummer, composer and educator based in New York. His previous releases have garnered...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2023
Peripheral Visions
Brooklyn-based guitarist-composer Grant Gordy's first album in more than a decade, Peripheral Visions, is an impressive addition to the chamber...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2023
RE
The Finnish trio return to continue their search for ‘new ways to perform early music.’ Aino Peltomaa (voice, harp, percussion),...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: April/2023
Work Hard
Recorded in 2020 and 2021 in Ghana and The Netherlands, Work Hard arguably presents Ghana's kologo maestro King Ayisoba (born...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2023
