Reviews
Otherlands:ONE
American fiddler Casey Driessen spent nine months travelling the world, meeting, listening and playing with local musicians until COVID-19 eventually...
Reviewed in issue June/2021
The Secret Museum of Mankind – Guitars Vol 1: Prologue to Modern Styles
Curated by 78rpm record collector Pat Conte, The Secret Museum of Mankind series from Jalopy Records returns with the first...
Reviewed in issue June/2021
A Cassowary Apart
Andrew Tuttle & Padang Food Tigers
The world of ambient banjo is a small one. This was the joke that brought together two participants in the...
Reviewed in issue June/2021
The Missing Star
Carli Jefferson and Clair Le Couteur, aka Lunatrakrors, are an intriguing duo. Based in Margate, they are exponents of what...
Reviewed in issue June/2021
Cosmologies
The village of Rääkkylä in Finnish Karelia has an important place in Finland's musical history as the birthplace, nearly 40...
Reviewed in issue June/2021
M'berra
In 2018 the Italian producer Khalab – aka Raffaele Costantino – released the wildly acclaimed Black Noise 2084, an album...
Reviewed in issue June/2021
Fifty Five
Is it the magical sound of the Hardanger fiddle, or its association with Norwegian folklore that has attracted performers and...
Reviewed in issue June/2021
Tides of Times
Since their formation in Kolkata in 2006, Gharana have waged a guerilla campaign to bring their Indo-rock fusion to a...
Reviewed in issue June/2021
Disko Telegraf
Balkan Taksim are the latest act to push the Balkan sound into fresh and exciting Turkish territory, reminding one of...
Reviewed in issue June/2021
Kalipè
Now, more than ever, musicians don't have to leave the privacy of their homes to cut an album. They hook...
Reviewed in issue June/2021
