Reviews
Encyclopedia of Arto
A founding member of seminal New York ‘no wave’ band DNA and long a guitar-shredding pivot of New York's downtown...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2014
Calaita Flamenco Son
Two years of intense gigging is very much in evidence on this confident flamenco fusion debut. Calaita Flamenco Son was...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2014
Love's Lies
The Magnolia Sisters consist of four women – Ann Savoy, Jane Vidrine, Anya Burgess and Lisa Trahan – who come...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2014
Octave Fiddle – Baritone Violin
A fiddler of considerable skill and dexterity, Gavin Pennycook is also distinguished by his choice of instrument here: the baritone...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: July/2014
Fados de Amor
Rodrigo Costa Félix's second album is a compendium of ruminations on women and love. It's a somewhat old-fashioned affair in...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: July/2014
After the Tempest
It was in 1992 that British musicians Martin Cradick and Su Hart conceived their improbable fusion of Celtic and Baka...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2014
Blitzmash
Despite their ambition to remain at the cutting edge of innovative world jazz, the Amsterdam Klezmer Band has always been...
Reviewed by Ton Maas in issue: July/2014
Heritage
Born in London to a Nigerian father and an Irish mother, Jegede has a rich musical history. As a child...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2014
Brasil Bam Bam Bam
‘What was a French boy, living in South London, doing putting up aerials at the age of 15 so he...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2014
