Reviews
Young Waters
Young Waters are led by singer, songwriter and guitarist Theo Passington with a trio of string players – violin, viola...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2018
Turas 1980
Banish all thoughts of the New Age-accented, ambient-washed sound that made Clannad a crossover phenomenon following the attention-grabbing success of...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2018
Tongue & Groove
This is in fact two albums released together. Tongue and Groove are one disc of songs with vocals and a...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2018
Fen, Farm & Deadly Water
As intimated by the title of this fresh second album, the Fens – the marshy region in Eastern England with...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: October/2018
Our Garden Needs its Flowers
A very welcome reissue of an oddity from the Ivory Coast that was a huge regional hit when issued in...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2018
An Introduction to Martin Carthy
One of the jewels in Topic's vast catalogue has to be the work of Martin Carthy, one of the colossi...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2018
Epilogue: A Tribute to John Duffey
The words ‘all-star line-up’ barely hint at the abundance of superlative musicianship captured on this sparkling tribute to John Duffey...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2018
Linval Presents Dub Landing Vols 1 & 2
While singer, songwriter and producer Linval Thompson wasn't a top-ranking reggae star, he was a well-respected man around Kingston Town....
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2018
Event Horizon
This unique album opens at a rhythmic canter, with pulsating guitar work melded with uplifting synths to create an instrumental...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: October/2018
