Reviews
To the Tavern
The expert players of the London Klezmer Quartet here weave their skills together to create another carefully crafted sonic offering,...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: December/2016
Truth be Told
Shama Rahman's jazz flirts with trip-hop and acoustic music to such an extent that her French verses in the title-track...
Reviewed by Amar Dhillon in issue: December/2016
The Blue Road
World music fusion comes in many shapes and forms but, in the case of Colombian bassist Juan Garcia-Herreros (aka Snow...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: December/2016
Permanent War
Sir Jean & NMB Afrobeat Experience
This French outfit comprise singer Sir Jean accompanied by the style-shifting brass band known as the NMB Afrobeat Experience. They...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: December/2016
Manara
Sudanese-American singer Alsarah and her Nubatones first showed up on the radar with their fantastic debut Silt in 2014. As...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: December/2016
Smokey Joe
FolkLaw are a folk-rock four piece from the Gloucester area of England – an easy-going part of the world. Their...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: December/2016
On Time
Funded by a Kickstarter campaign, the fourth album by Daryl Shawn, a maestro of the nylon-string guitar who comes from...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2016
Wolves a’ Howlin’
Kieran Towers & Charlotte Carrivick
This pair of talented instrumentalists don’t look old enough to be playing music this long in the tooth. Fiddler Kieran...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: December/2016
Every Little Spirit
Another reviewer has written that this disc is ‘perfect Sunday morning music’: this is a very astute observation, but the...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: December/2016
