The inaugural Irish Sea Sessions, of which this is an electrifying live recording from last year’s Liverpool Irish Festival, brought...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Ahmed Dickinson & The Santiago Quartet
A government-owned bar named Yellow Submarine has recently opened in Havana. Its Beatles-themed interior – porthole windows, blue-and-yellow interior, Beatles...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Finally given a UK release, this colla¬boration between two past masters dates back to 2007, and pretty much steers clear...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
The honorific Dagar is synonym¬ous with dhrupad, one of the world’s oldest classical vocal genres. Zia Mohiuddin, who died in...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Sophisticated and playful, the songs and tunes on this new album from Canadian ukulele sensation James Hill sound at times...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
‘If the United Nations had a house band in 1962, hopefully we’d be that band,’ commented Thomas Lauderdale, bandleader of...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Maria Bethânia is most famous outside Brazil as Caetano Veloso’s sister. But within Brazil she is as big a star...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Some four years after the first volume of Vampisoul’s admirable series was released, here comes Volume 4 to disavow us...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Burkina Faso has been somewhat passed over as a musical centre when compared to its West African neigh¬bours; this latest...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Doug Cox is a Canadian spiritual cousin to Ry Cooder: a bottleneck guitarist steeped in the blues, he finds common...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
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