Reviews
Cumbia Siglo XXI
Colombian society and culture is always at the core of Meridian Brothers, a conceptual tropical band led by Eblis Alvarez....
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Songs of Loss and Healing
This is the third solo album by accomplished London-based classical guitarist Douglas MacGregor. A deeply personal project, it explores the...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Okan Project
Israeli keyboardist Omer Kringel took his recording equipment on the road for five weeks, from Spain to South America, Angola...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Thread
Vocalist and multiinstrumentalist Sally Anne Morgan is one of the central figures in a tidal movement among young(er) Appalachian and...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Drink
Rising up through New York's 90s ska scene, bassist and producer Victor Rice went on to play an important role...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Like the Grass
Like the Grass is a collaborative work between ‘bow expert’ Cara Stacey, violinist and composer Galina Juritz (both South African),...
Reviewed by Marek Tymków in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Folk Music of China Vol 7: Folk Songs of the Yi and Qiang Tribes in Sichuan & Yunnan
This might not be an easy-listening album, but it takes one on a rare cultural tour to hear the music...
Reviewed by Mu Qian in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Siftorde
Tidiane Thiam is a photographer, visual artist and guitarist from Podor, the dusty home town of Baaba Maal in northern...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Tempestad
This one takes me back to the 90s, when record labels threw money at bands to make arena-filling rock that...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
