Reviews
Né So
It's easy to read too much into the circumstances surrounding the making of a record, but it's clear that some...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2016
The Longing Kind
‘For this album I didn’t want to hide behind historical disasters and mythological beastsat the expense of my own experience,’...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2016
Live in Berlin
Though far less well-known than João Gilberto or Tom Jobim outside Brazil, Baden Powell was one of that select group...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: April/2016
The Watchmaker's Wife
This is a highly anticipated third album from the double-bassist and fine vocalist Miranda Sykes and mandolin maestro Rex Preston....
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2016
Releasing the Leaves
Enthusiasts of English folk music will perhaps already be familiar with Dorset-based duo Ninebarrow. Their 2014 debut, While the Blackthorn...
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: April/2016
Palimpsest
For their third album, Three Cane Whale eschew their previous in-the-field approach to recording – an 18th-century Bristol church for...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2016
Like a Bird or Spirit, Not a Face
You take the world's foremost female throat-singer and the rhythm section from Tinariwen, put them in the studio with Grammy-winning...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2016
Soul Sok Séga: Séga Sounds from Mauritius 1973-1979
The international exposure of music from the Indian Ocean has, understandably, been dominated by the sounds of the huge island...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: April/2016
Swirling Sands
Dylan Fowler, Ian Melrose, Soïg Sibéril
Similar coastal landscapes adorn the sleeves of veteran Scottish guitarist Ian Melrose's two new records, both on the German guitar...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: April/2016
