Reviews
Thempest in a Theapot
I would love to go on a long, long walk with Tuulikki Bartosik, gently humming as the leaves rustle underfoot,...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: April/2020
Songs from Aulejas
This album of 16 a capella songs comes out of a doctoral thesis by Latvian musicologist Asnate Rancâne who studied...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2020
A Pilgrim's Tale
This year sees the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower setting sail with 102 passengers, mostly religious refugees, for a new...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2020
Mozart of the Banjo: The Joe Morley Project
Aaron Jonah Lewis' 24-song tribute to the legendary British banjo player and composer Joe Morley (1867-1937) is a fascinating dive...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2020
Supertraditionellt Material
This album is a breaking open of the treasure chest of the Caprice Records archive, curated by Swedish folk musicians...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2020
Detached
For lovers of boundary-pushing music, a flute and a diatonic accordion may not seem an immediately thrilling prospect. Here, however,...
Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: April/2020
Classic Recordings 1929-1949
While several early Hawaiian steel guitar players have had their recordings reissued over the years, until recently one important pioneer...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: April/2020
Curiche
In the past ten years Afrobeat has spread across Latin America, new disciples discovering the genre through the internet and...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: April/2020
Pandiyé
The daughter of the lead singer of the highly revered and innovative band Ziskakan, vocalist Maya Kamaty put forward her...
Reviewed by Tim Clarke-Romain in issue: April/2020
