Reviews
This Appearing World
Marilyn Crispell, Richard Nunns & Jeff Henderson
This adventurous collaborative recording teams American avant– garde pianist and composer Marilyn Crispell with two Kiwis – reed player Jeff...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2013
Characters
Flo Perlin may cite diverse musical influences, given her extensive world travel and her Iraqi and Belarusian heritage, but in...
Reviewed by Sophie Parkes in issue: October/2021
Welcome to New Hoyle
New Hoyle is a figment of Brad Fielder’s musical imagination. Inspired by a tiny, no-longer-extant town in north-west Oklahoma where...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2022
Where Rio de Janeiro Meets Bahia
Mario Bakuna & Edmundo Carneiro
This is a lovingly constructed collection of compositions designed to cross the boundary between music and anthropology, to create a...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: May/2019
Tirade
First performing together during a packed session in Glasgow in 2013, Eddie Seaman (pipes, whistle and bouzouki) and Luc McNalty...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: April/2017
Acabou Chorare
Originally released on Som Livre in 1972, Acabou Chorare was recently voted the Best Brazilian Album Ever in a Rolling...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: March/2016
Enthralled
Oliver Schroer & Nuala Kennedy
The aptly titled Enthralled, a collaboration between Canadian fiddler and composer Schroer and Irish flautist and singer Kennedy, is a...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: June/2012
Glaschu: Home Town Love Song
Gaelic songstress Mary Ann Kennedy returns with 16 tracks inspired by her home town – and a real labour of...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2019
30: Real World at WOMAD
You might expect a compilation of Real World artists who have played at WOMAD over the last 30 years to...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2012
