Reviews
Symbiosis
Ross Ainslie and Ali Hutton are two of the most competent and accomplished pipe and whistle players on the current...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: December/2016
Live Wires
Having spent too long wandering in debilitating heat to track down the Tambura Museum in Slavonski Brod (in eastern Croatia),...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: December/2016
Bite the Bullet
Of all the retro bands out there, from Tokyo to New York, the nutty London boys of Madness probably did...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2016
Eilov
Mountains, glaciers, fjords – this is the landscape of Jølster in western Norway, just north of Bergen, where Gro Marie...
Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: December/2016
Classical & Contemporary Chinese Music
Growing up in Maoist China, Mei Han had to undergo numerous hardships to study her chosen instrument, the guzheng (21-stringed...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: December/2016
Bumblin’ Creed
Padang Food Tigers & Sigbjørn Apeland
Padang Food Tigers operate a craft industry in ambient sound-worlds. Bumblin’ Creed is the third full album to emerge from...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: December/2016
Apikorsim/Heretics
From New York, The Klezmatics have been shaking up the klezmer and Yiddish music scene for 30 years now. So...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2016
Before the Sun
Following her fine solo debut, Charms Against Sorrow, the singer and guitarist has teamed up with The Willows’ dobro player,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2016
In Hollywood, 1971
In her liner notes for this project, first released on vinyl earlier this year, Ravi Shankar's widow Sukanya refers to...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: December/2016
