Reviews
Ashk'farad
Listening to these 65 minutes worth of takeaway klezmer interspersed with the odd Ladino number, the words solid, diligent and...
Reviewed by Dennis Marks in issue: June/2011
Voun
Zanmari Baré is an exceptionally talented musician. He sings in Creole, with a high, yearning voice that is a little...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: May/2018
You’ve Been a Friend to Me
Sonya Cohen Cramer was a remarkable singer born into a distinguished American folk music family; her father was John Cohen...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: August/2024
Darrere els Horts/Behind the Orchards
In the liner notes to Catalan singer-songwriter Ferran Orriols’ second album, Darrere els Horts, what stands out is the sheer...
Reviewed by Fred Waine in issue: July/2025
Elegancia Tropical
Colombia's Bomba Estéreo surprised everyone with the lead single from their second album. Gone was the pounding electro-carnival thrum of...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2013
Who's Feeling Young Now?
Their cover version of ‘Kid A’ makes it explicit, but the Punch Brothers’ indie-band influences are immediately obvious right from...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: Apr/May/2012
Como Lo Ves
With their selection box of various Latin styles, Lariba are another border-erasing product of music’s global village. The eight-piece –...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
My Dusty Road
In these digital days of iTunes and Spotify, in which the disc and the very notion of music as a...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
