Reviews
La Vendange
La Très Illustre Compagnie du Chat Noir
This weird and wonderful project is the brainchild of three Dutch musicians – Marijn de Valk, Rik Bosch and Daan...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2014
Nueva Antología
Originally released two decades ago, this dazzling double album was, for many, the introduction to Compay Segundo immediately prior to...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2018
A Country’s Soul: 1945-1957
The great, groundbreaking monarch of Portuguese fado hasn’t really been given her due in » terms of disc space in...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: June/2013
Gilles Peterson Presents: Havana Cultura – New Cuba Sound
Clubbers and Cubanophiles alike will leap on this double set from the zeitgeist-riding Gilles Peterson. Financed by Havana Rum and...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
The Servants' Ball
This exuberantly entertaining album came about after double bass player Ben Nicholls, reading about Sussex concertina player Scan Thester, found...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2020
New Luk Tung
This album is the latest Thai release from Japan's EM Records and marks a departure from previous reissues of Thai...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: December/2019
Kapaim
Multi-instrumentalist Uri Brauner Kinrot has been leading his Ouzo Bazooka outfit for over a decade now, helping pioneer a blend...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: September/2025
Sound the People
Brooklyn-based Red Baraat are an international, bhangra-infused version of the brass bands that accompany Indian weddings and festivals. Their latest...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: October/2018
A Wanderer I’ll Stay
Sweet, sincere harmony singing and a deft, relaxed approach to old-time, traditional and contemporary folk music are what characterise this...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2015
On the Lonesome Plain
As the son of world-renowned Irish folk singer Liam Clancy, the apple hasn't fallen far from the tree for this...
Reviewed by Rachel Cunniffe in issue: October/2018
