There's an almost timeless, specifically British strain of pastoralism conjured on this second collaboration between acoustic guitarists Jim Ghedi (six-string)...
Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: July/2023
The past century-plus of recorded accordion music in Finland has been dominated by dance music, epitomised by countless polkas and...
Reviewed by Wif Stenger in issue: January/February/2024
One of the most impressive names to have appeared on the American klezmer scene in recent years has been the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2013
Mynd is the apt title of this excellent album, an Old English word meaning both ‘act of commemoration’ and ‘intellect.’...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Finis Africae is essentially the Spanish multi-instrumentalist Juan A Arteche, flanked by a small team of distinctive collaborators. This reissued...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: April/2016
Samba from Berlin? Why not? There has been plenty of choro coming from unexpected places recently, but not so much...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: August/September/2022
Stelios Petrakis, Efrén López & Bijan Chemirani
Very slick and polished, imma– culately performed and recorded, and full of dance-like energy, there's nothing to dislike about this...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: October/2011
Danças Ocultas | Danças Ocultas & Orquestra Filarmonia das Beiras
‘Inspirar’ means ‘to inspire’ in Portuguese – no surprise there, right? And the word takes the same double meaning as...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: October/2025
Although this is Leyla McCalla’s debut record, anyone who’s seen the Carolina Chocolate Drops live will have been warmed by...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
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