Reviews
Chardi Kala
This is a great life-affirming disc from Sonny Singh, also known for his vocals and amazing trumpet playing in the...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: July/2022
You Are Free
Perhaps best known as one third of the mighty Talisk, Graeme Armstrong’s debut solo album presents the singer-songwriter as a...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2022
Ready for the Times
Brooks Williams & Aaron Catlow
Last year, rootsy singer-guitarist Williams (US-born but now resident in the UK) teamed up with violinist Catlow (known for his...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: July/2022
Causeway Recordings
Endowed with an endearingly streetwise Scottish brogue; sharply honed clawhammer banjo, guitar and harmonica chops; and a flair for equally...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2022
Hafla
East meets West via North and South in this latest project from Siwan, an international collaboration of musicians headed by...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: July/2022
The Unquiet
This new solo album from vocalist Pauline Scanlon offers striking, singularly personal interpretations of ten traditional songs that range from...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2022
Pastourelle
Montréal percussionist Daniel Bellegarde’s second solo album continues his fascination with the music of Haiti and the French West Indies,...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: July/2022
Les Racines
As the son of one of the world’s greatest ever musicians, it’s understandable that Vieux Farka Touré has spent his...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2022
Sing It for a Lifetime
Heidi Talbot’s latest album is borne from separation and adversity – recorded in a home in the process of being...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2022
