Reviews
Tango, Noche y Guitarra
Paris-based Argentinian guitarist Rudi Flores takes standards and classics from tango, chamamé, valse and milonga, and replaces all the busy...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
African Woman
Sia Tolno was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Life for her was no bed of roses: her father was a...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
I’m a Stranger Here
If Nirvana had been a rockabilly band from rural Vermont, they would have sounded something like The Devil Makes Three....
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Inspiration
Jah Wobble Presents: PJ Higgins
You wait and wait for a PJ Higgins album and then two come along at once. Although, while this Jah...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
El Valle de la Infancia
A son, a brother and a nephew join Argentinian bandoneón (squeezebox) virtuoso Dino Saluzzi for this latest offering from the...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Anti Hero
On the follow-up album to Soumik Datta and Bernhard Schimpelsberger's deservedly praised debut album, the pair widen their musical vision,...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
A Thousand Hearts
Five year's after Cara Dillon's last studio album, 2009's Hill of Thieves, comes A Thousand Hearts, a brittle and beautiful...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Can’t Hold the Wheel
This is a fine collection of traditional-styled American tunes performed with great respect by The New Line. The group produce...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
This Willowed Light
This is a great return from the young British folk singer Maz O’Connor. Much of the credit for the rich...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Creation
When assessing contemporary Aboriginal music in Australia, it's impossible to overstate the importance of singer-songwriter Archie Roach. The tragedies and...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
