Mikael Máni: Nostalgia Machine

Ingibjörg Elsa Turchi | Lilja María Ásmundsdóttir | Magnús Trygvason Elíassen | Marína Ósk Þórólfsdóttir | Mikael Máni Ásmundsson | Sölvi Kolbeinsson

You might call Mikael Máni’s second studio album jazz; or on the other hand you might follow the Icelandic guitarist’s...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2021

Emma Johnson's Gravy Boat: Worry Not

Angus Milne | Emma Johnson | Fergus Vickers | Richard Jones | Steve Hanley

Emma Johnson's Gravy Boat should get a prize for ‘Most Creative Band Name’. For now, they'll have to make do...

Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: September/2021

Floating Circles Quartet: Humble Travellers

Aidan Pearson | Arthur Newell | Johanna Burnheart | Jonny Wickham | Matt Hurley

Aidan Pearson is a Tomorrow's Warriors and Guildhall graduate, and Floating Circles Quartet are the vehicle of this rare contemporary...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: November/2020

Julie Tippetts and Martin Archer: Vestigium

Aby Vulliamy | Chris Bywater | Gary Houghton | Heather Cordwell | James Archer | Julie Tippetts | Kim Macari | Lee Hallam | Martin Archer | Michael McMillan

Although reminiscent at times of Jaco-era Joni Mitchell, this double-album – the fourth collaboration between Julie Tippetts and Martin Archer...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: May/2015

Béla Szakcsi Lakatos: Climate Change

An impassioned musical plea for the Green agenda is argued by Lakatos in his liner notes: “Protect water, agricultural land,...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Philippe Baden Powell: Notes Over Poetry

André Ceccarelli | David Link | Philippe Baden Powell | Ruca Rebordåo

The son of Brazilian MPB legend Baden Powell de Aquino – one of South America's most celebrated guitarists and guitar...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2017

Working Week: May 1985 (The Livelove Series Volume 3)

Chucho Merchan | Joao Bosco De Oliveira | Juliet Roberts | Kim Burton | Larry Stabbins | Nic France | Paul Spong | Richard Edwards | Simon Booth

A great opportunity to savour a firing-on-all cylinders concert by what was always the best group that emerged from the...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2015

Wandering Monster

Aleks Podraza | Ben Powling | Calvin Travers | Sam Quintana | Tom Higham

This may be their debut album, but there's a maturity and generosity in each others' musical company that makes Wandering...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2019

Espen Berg Trio: Fjaere

Bár∂ur Reinert Poulsen | Espen Berg | Hanna Paulsberg | Mathias Eick | Silje Nergaard | Simon Olderskog Albertsen

This Norwegian pianist has been involved with significant figures on the local scene such as Marius Neset, and has also...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2022

SkyDive Trio: Sun Moee

Mats Eilertsen | Olavi Louhivuori | Thomas T Dahl

Did you ever meet someone at a party who was just so polite and inoffensive that you later had trouble...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2015