Reviews
Growing Stone
The colourfully tasteful packaging might suggest that this American/ Brazilian collective see Growing Stone cosying up to the Putumayo compilations...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: October/2012
Parcel of Rogues
It is difficult to provide fresh interpretations of the songs of Robert Burns. But with only her second album Edinburgh-based...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2012
Diaspora in Buenos Aires
This is an intimate document of a Jewish family in Argentina remembering their roots in Eastern Europe. Pianist Andrés Linetzky...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2012
Camilla
Caroline Herring was part of the Cecil Sharp Project, re-examining the Edwardian collector's catalogue of songs gathered from Britain and...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2012
Nino Biton
Nino Biton is not merely a retro student of the past masters of Andalusian music. The 59-year-old Jerusalemite oud (lute)...
Reviewed by Barry Davis in issue: October/2012
Night Prayer
The brothers Umakant and Ramakant Gundecha are leading names in the art of dhrupad, an ancient pure classical song style...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: October/2012
Introducing…
The Introducing series has brought some fabulous artists to wider attention. Its latest is a digital-only release of producer and...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2012
Fiere
Meaning friend or companion, Fiere is the result of an initial collaboration between Joy Dunlop, long established as one of...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2012
Intrepid Adventures to the Lost Riddim Islands
Nicky Bomba is one of Australia’s busiest musos. Whether drumming behind his roots guitarist brother-in-law John Butler, fronting the 26-piece...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2012
