Reviews
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
Cyrillus Kreek: The Suspended Harp of Babel
Vox Clamantis & Jaan-Eik Tulve
Estonia has a number of contemporary composers who have made an art out of sacred choral music and written for...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
World on the Ground
Sarah Jarosz's fifth studio release is the product of a new collaboration with musician, songwriter and producer Josh Leventhal. Known...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
The Dance She Spoke
Duende Libre's third album, The Dance She Spoke, finds the band's founders – pianist Alex Chadsey, drummer Jeff ‘Bongo’ Busch...
Reviewed by Catalina Maria Johnson in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Blue White Gold
It has already been a decade since Danes Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen (fiddle), Nikolaj Busk (piano and accordion) and Swede Ale...
Reviewed by James Roriston in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Wayfinder
This recording from Canada-based sitarist Mohamed Assani successfully combines the melodic sophistication of the Hindustani tradition with a more contemporary...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
