Reviews
American Hornpipe
This is the fourth album from the American duo whose credo is ‘new-time old-time music’ and who follow the tracks...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
When Our Grandfathers Said No
Hailing from north¬east England, the trademark of this vocal trio is lusty close harmony singing, through which they tell nostalgic...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
UnVeiled
Sabina Rakcheyeva is a ferociously talented violinist from Azerbaijan. She studied at the Baku Academy of Music, at the Juilliard...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Out of Many: 50 Years of Reggae Music
Marking the 50th anniversary of Jamaican independence, this compilation is named after the island’s motto, ‘Out of Many,’ Drawing on...
Reviewed by Neil Foxlee in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Quest Under Capricorn
Whilst Shaolin Afronaut’s debut, Flight of The Ancients, wore its influences somewhat overtly on its sleeve, their follow-up sees them...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
The Rough Guide to the Music of Hungary
There has been renewed activity and invention on the Hungarian folk scene in recent years, as a new generation has...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Bright Land
The San Francisco-based quintet the Crooked Jades rival the Carolina Chocolate Drops as the foremost proponents of pre-radio old-time rural...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Brasilianos 3
With the other albums in this series, it was hard not to be impressed by the sheer virtuosity on offer...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Nobody Can Live Forever: The Existential Soul of Tim Maia
One of the oddities of Brazilian music is the lack of strong, assertive male vocals: the kind of voices that...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Nootee
The richness of sub-Saharan West African music continues to unfold before our ears as regional styles are identified and new...
Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
