Reviews
Cold Light
The Bideford-based folk duo's last album celebrated Devonian postman poet Edward Capern, but with Cold Light the two fiddle players,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2020
Op 2
Stanislav Yudin & Asnate Rancane
Op 1 doesn't seem to exist, as an album anyway. But if Op 2 is anything to go by then...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: March/2020
Vivencias en Clave Cubana
Kiki Valera is a fantastic cuatro (double-coursed, steel-strung guitar, much like a tres but with one extra string) player. Valera,...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: March/2020
Adventures in Afropea
Sic transit gloria mundi – but how welcome to be reminded of past triumphs by this reissue of Zap Mama's...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2020
Borrowed Songs
It is rare to hear an album that confronts you with such a powerful sense of who a person is...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: March/2020
Kinshasa 1978: Originals and Reconstructions
This is a welcome reimagining of a remarkable recording that captured the early days of the Congotronics groups. Recorded in...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2020
Down in Jamaica: 40 Years of VP Records
Jamaican record producer Vincent Chin began in the jukebox trade, establishing the iconic Randy's Records shop at 17 North Parade...
Reviewed by David Katz in issue: March/2020
Direct-to-Disc Sessions
The demand for albums that capture live performance has long been omnipresent, but the clamour has intensified in the digital...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: March/2020
Det Var en Lørdagsafen
Saturday night's alright for, well, in this case, singing! Firo's new release translates as ‘Once on a Saturday Night’ and...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: March/2020
The Strange One
A fiery fuzz guitar solo, reggaeton bridge, vocals switching between Spanish and English, searing violins and a constant hip-hop/cumbia beat...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2020
