Reviews
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
Devla (Blown Away To Dancefloor Heaven)
Boban i Marko MarkoviC Orkestar
Boban Markovic, one of European music’s top trumpet players, has been playing explosive Balkan Gypsy tunes for longer than almost...
Reviewed by Lemez Lovas in issue: March/2010
Rhythm & Jews Revisited
New York klezmer band The Klezmatics are celebrating their 40th anniversary and that includes a (first-time) vinyl release of absolutely...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: January/2026
Blackhouse
Taking inspiration from the present and the future, Blackhouse is an energetic and exciting album from the Peatbogs and shows...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Distant Havens
This inventive British folk trio bring together influences from across Britain and Ireland – five songs here are sung in...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: December/2017
The Butterfly Effect
British singer Ranjana Ghatak is well-known for her work uniting North Indian and Western musics, especially jazz, working with some...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: December/2020
Väntenätter
This is a welcome second album from a trio formerly known as Eriksson/Myhr/Malmström, three musicians from Norway and Sweden who...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: August/2024
