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DigdigFrom the beautiful volcanic island of La Reunion in the Indian Ocean comes Rene Lacaille, master accordionist and guitarist. Lacaille is joined by the genre defying talent of Bob Brozman to create a joyous album of diverse and uplifting tracks. Digdig is a melding of the music of the two island cultures of Hawaii and La Reunion, suffused with hybrid vigour and inspired by the powerful forces of nature. 'A series of infectious yet understated tunes

Kyle travelled to Cape Breton Nova Scotia after college on a Fulbright Fellowship to study Celtic music and the Scottish Gaelic language

This Rough Guide explores the jazz scene of one of the world’s greatest musical powerhouses

The laid back blues of the East Coast is a far cry from the raw intensity and emotion of the Delta Blues

Anansy Cissé sucks up all the brilliant things about well-trodden West African ‘Desert Blues’ trope and spits them out with a new

The guitar parts here are stripped back

atop looping strings and impatient shaker

This difference in approach means the creative process can spin off in new uncharted directions uninhibited by a sense of what's right or appropriate to the original

with percussion from sticks

spontaneity and experimentation

Frank Stokes and Peg Leg Howell bridged the gap between early blues and the minstrel and folk styles that preceded it and are central figures in the story of the blues

This collection goes to show how during its heyday this not-often-talked-about genre was a highly influential and most vibrant of musical styles in the history of the blues

rdquo' 3*** stars The Evening Standard

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