Reviews
Mercy
The London African Gospel Choir
The London African Gospel Choir are fresh from an extremely well-received tour that showcased their rendition of Paul Simon's Graceland...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: December/2019
Esencia
Studio-recorded mariachi needs to be kept loose and as live-sounding as possible to work at all. With its female and...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2019
O Céu É Velho Há Muito Tempo
Starting of with a ringing guitar chord that seems to signal dread, the latest from Brazil's Lucas Santtana is inextricably...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: December/2019
Folk Music of China, Vol 1: Folk Songs of Qinghai and Gansu
This first volume of a wider collection of Chinese folk music focuses on songs from the Qinghai and Gansu provinces...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: December/2019
Rooted
After 2017's Trails & Tribulations, Rooted again boasts contributions from Nancy Kerr, John Smith and Andy Cutting and also includes...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: December/2019
Pinnacle Ridge
Each musician in this trio is supremely talented and plays with the sensitivity and virtuosity one would expect from highly...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: December/2019
Mambo Noir Trio
More noir than mambo, this curiosity instantly casts the listener upon gentle but foreboding waves of Scandi piano jazz. Since...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: December/2019
The Outlander
On his first album, Sweet England, Jim Moray included ‘The Seeds of Love’, the first folk song Cecil Sharp collected....
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: December/2019
Way of the Drum
Mugenkyo Taiko (Limitless Reverberation) are one of the longest running taiko groups in the UK, whose interdisciplinary approach has led...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: December/2019
