Reviews
Andalusian Love Song
David Broza & The Andalusian Orchestra Ashkelon
The most striking thing about this release is that it celebrates the often-overlooked Sephardic Jewish tradition of music that has...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2016
Maan Unia, Puun Unia
Finnish runo singing, kalevala verses, ancient myths, magic spells – these are the foundations on which the now legendary Värttinä...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Apr/May/2013
The Afrosound of Colombia Vol 2
Madrid-based label Vampisoul continue their magnificent mission to reissue great lost Latin music with this dynamic album. Here are 24...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2015
Taa! – Our Language May Be Dying, But Our Voices Remain (Botswana)
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
A project from Hidden Musics, an international music series of field-recorded albums produced by award-winning music producer Ian Brennan and...
Reviewed by Hillary Palesa Morusi in issue: August/September/2023
Kassa
We first heard Mali’s Adama Yalomba on the 2003 Festival au Desert compilation. Then the trail went cold again. Kassa...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2010
Goldenwings
In #197, I reviewed a reissue of Opa’s abortive first album. With Airto Moreira, the Uruguayan Fattoruso brothers re-recorded for...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2024
Widdershins
Sarah-Jane Summers & Juhani Silvola
Sarah-Jane Summers and Juhani Silvola have an instinctive, magical musical relationship. Summers’ Scottish heritage (manifest in her work with the...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Sage Warrior
This second album from trumpeter and singer Sonny Singh is as energetic and playful a take on his Punjabi heritage...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: December/2024
Italie: Polyphonies Vocales de Ligurie
In a north-western corner of Italy, inland from Sanremo and not far from the French border, a cascade of fortified...
Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
