Reviews
Crooked Tree
Want to know what 21st-century bluegrass sounds like? Crooked Tree, Molly Tuttle’s first purely bluegrass recording, is the answer. Recorded...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2022
Antiphony of the Trees
Laura Cannell & Stewart Lee & Friends | Laura Cannell
Antiphony of the Trees, the seventh record from Laura Cannell, saw a change of scenery for the composer and improvisor....
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: May/2022
Breathe Out
Having grown up at somewhat of a crossroads between Britain, France and Spain, Luna Silva, fortified by fellow musicians The...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: May/2022
Chicha Popular: Love & Social Political Songs from Discos Horoscopo 1977-87
By the late 70s Peruvian cumbia had become synonymous with neighbourhoods on the outskirts of Lima populated by internal migrants...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: May/2022
Nar
Singer Christiane Karam draws on both her Lebanese and Armenian heritage to deliver a richly textured and multilayered album that...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: May/2022
Alazhymny/My Alash
This release is essential for fans of Tyvan throat singing. It features unique archive field recordings made in Tyva from...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: May/2022
The Age of Aquarius
There have been a lot of releases in recent years by European acts incorporating Asian pop and even traditional instrumentation...
Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: May/2022
Day is Come
The self-titled first album by the trio of Nuala Kennedy (flute and whistle), John Doyle (guitar, bodhrán, keyboards), and Eamon...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: May/2022
Needle & Thread
Dom Prag is a young singer and guitarist from Southampton who discovered the world of traditional folk song when he...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2022
