Reviews
Silver Sanctuary
Zedashe are an accomplished polyphonic choir from Georgia, based in the fortress city of Sighnaghi in the wine-growing area of...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: January/2021
LateNightTales
Back in 2013, the hugely popular DJ, Bonobo, included a song from a then unknown Houston psych-funk group on his...
Reviewed by Asher Breuer-Weil in issue: January/2021
Trench Songs
You might think an album of trench songs, featuring lyrics written by soldiers in World War I, would make for...
Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: January/2021
Words of a Fiddler’s Daughter: Rúnian
The Ciderhouse Rebellion with Jessie Summerhayes
Anyone who has spent time on Lindisfarne Island off Britain’s Northumbrian coast in the wintertime knows just how exposed it...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: January/2021
Spectres
This instrumental folk duo are young musicians with a long pedigree. Immersed in the English folk scenesince birth, they are...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: January/2021
Rastilho
One aspect of 60s and 70s Brazilian music that is often over-looked is the fact that it made acoustic instruments...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: January/2021
Oriental Music
Omar El Shariyi (Ammar El Sherei)
This vinyl-only remaster of the now cult classic album originally released by Cairene label Soutelphan back in 1976 celebrates two...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: January/2021
Home Recordings
Simpson was scheduled to deliver a live album this year. Instead, he went home, found a room, pressed record, and...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/2021
Jungle Fever
GABO – Glasgow African Balafon Orchestra
Chief Chebe – aka Suleman Chebe – has tirelessly promoted African culture in the UK over the years in a...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/2021
