Reviews
Picker’s Dream
Liverpool based fingerstyle guitarist James Rigby’s playing is undoubtedly precise and technically spot on, as he demonstrates throughout 16 sunny,...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: April/2022
Janus
Hardanger fiddle player Annbjørg Lien has long been putting her instrument on the international map. She first recorded aged 12...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2022
Hello Cabo Verde
‘Fazê Gat’, the opening track on this rather lovely album, finds Adê singing gently in a duet with fellow Cape...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2022
When Summer Comes Again
This is Simon Mayor and Hilary James’s lockdown album; with no concerts to play they turned to favourite songs and...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2022
Water Street
Devon-born, Edinburgh-based multi-instrumentalist Tom Oakes created this entirely solo recording in adversity after his prized Grinter flute shattered onstage on...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: April/2022
Live in San Javier 2021
Matthieu Saglio Quartet & Guests
French-born agronomist-turned-cellist Matthieu Saglio reprises his 2020 top-selling album El Camino de los Vientos (reviewed in the July 2020 issue,...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: April/2022
An Irish Viola/Vióla Gaelach
Séamus McGuire with Steve Cooney
Novelty in a musical tradition as ancient as Ireland’s is not easily come by. But this unexpected pairing of viola...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: April/2022
Lamenta
Even without any knowledge of the Greek language whatsoever, it’s not hard to guess the central theme of this album...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: April/2022
