Reviews
Trollfageln: The Magic Bird
The nyckelharpa, or keyed fiddle, the instrument which Swedish virtuoso Emilia Amper plays with such ease and command, is fundamentally...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: June/2013
The Best of Bonga
Listening to this outstanding compilation makes me wonder why ageing singer Bonga isn't more celebrated in English–speaking world music circles....
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Head Above the Water
This is the Galway singer's third album, recorded at the analog Green Door studio in Glasgow with Alasdair Roberts co-producing...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Way of the Gull
This British five-piece with a strong Isle of Man flavour has its roots in Irish, Scottish and Manx traditions and...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2018
The Electric Muse Revisited
When the book The Electric Muse was originally published in 1975 a separate four-LP box set was issued to accompany...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
The Living World's Demands
As a first-generation Punjabi-American from Baltimore, Ami Dang uses sitar, voice and electronics to carve a complex identity. She deals...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: December/2022
The Invention of Colour
When someone as great as the renowned Brazilian percussionist Nana Vasconcelos, describes a compatriot's music as ‘like a perfume of...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Hush the Wild Horses
Hush the Wild Horses is an intimate, unflinching glimpse into the trials and triumphs of singer-songwriter Rachel Harrington. A former...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: November/2019
The American Clavé Recordings
Astor Piazzolla took tango out of the ballroom and out of Argentina. Producer and label founder Kip Hanrahan’s mid-1980s recordings...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2022
Tears of the Sun
The sophomore album from rising Nigerian star Teni is an Afrobeats-tastic affair in which the artist sings and raps in...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2024
