Reviews
Tall Fiddler
There is a temptation for top-level bluegrass musicians to make pretentious, over-complicated fusion albums. This is not one of those....
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: March/2020
Waa Dardaaran
Sahra Halgan is a powerful and entertaining singer for whom life has never been easy. For a start, she comes...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: March/2020
Tangos... & Something More
How to revivify tango? It's been a pressing question ever since Astor Piazzolla's death in 1992. Grupo Encuentros, established by...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2020
Navarasa: Nine Emotions
When the Scottish folk singer and guitarist James Yorkston, double bassist Jon Torne and the Indian sarangi maestro Suhail Yusuf...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2020
Just Around the Bend: Survival and Revival in Southern Banjo Sounds
A few months after completing filming for yet another major musicological project, multi-instrumentalist-folklorist Mike Seeger discontinued treatment he had been...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2020
Yours to Break
During the writing of their third album, the three East Pointers were scattered across the globe, each a long way...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2020
Ancestors
Built almost solely around the simple spine of his guitar, soulful voice and African percussion, the fourth album from the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2020
Fin'amor
In Fin'amor, Lamia Bedioui and Solis Barki are conduits for a great many musical styles, traversing both time and place....
Reviewed by Shukri Habib Ali in issue: March/2020
