Reviews
Answer Ballads
It’s such a neat concept, you’re surprised no one has thought of doing it before: ‘answer songs’ to classic pop...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Pannonian Songs
Andrea Rost is one of Hungary’s best-known opera singers, with an international career performing at opera houses from La Scala...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2012
On The Move
Firstly (as he must surely be heartily sick of hearing by now), this Colin Farrell is not the famously rowdy...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
The Tunis Diaries
This is a sprawling double album from the highly cosmopolitan and experimental Tunisian-born, New York-based singer-songwriter Emel. Hot on the...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2021
The Tokyo Concert
This stunning live album of Astor Piazzolla was recorded at Tokyo’s Shibuya Kokaido theatre on November 21, 1982, at the...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2012
Ilanga (The Sun)
Afrika Mamas' striking new album connects listeners to the roots of Zulu culture. The six female singers who make up...
Reviewed by Franki Clemens in issue: June/2021
Open the Road
Celtgrass pioneers We Banjo 3’s love affair with Americana has seen the Galway-based foursome build a formidable Stateside profile in...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2022
Amankor/The Exile
This exiled Touareg ensemble from Mali's Timbuktu region have been active for nearly three decades, led by singer Fadimata Walet...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: April/2019
The Cauld Wind
Chris Stout & Finlay MacDonald
Contrary to what you might imagine, the duo of Chris Stout and Finlay MacDonald have not taken their album title...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2014
The Red Book
The tracks ‘Aurora’ and ‘1420’ from the second album by Arthur Jeffes’ Penguin Cafe were beamed into space as part...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2014
