Reviews
Hunger of the Skin
Hunger of the Skin finds Flook flautist Brian Finnegan putting COVID-19 lockdown purdah to scintillating use with a firing-on-all-cylinders set....
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: June/2021
Demi-Écrémé
Jack-of-all-trades Wael Jegham, aka Ghoula, returns with an engrossing electronica exploration of North African fables, languages and musical traditions. In...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: May/2023
Shorelines
Emilyn Stam & Filippo Gambetta
Even from just the first few notes of ‘Sunflower Delight’, the opening track on this confident album, it is clear...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Borrowed Time
Appalachian banjo and fiddle player, bilingual singer-songwriter and activist à la Pete Seeger, Joe Troop calls this his ‘dream album.’...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2021
Kabatronics
Fanfara Tirana meets Transglobal Underground
The irresistible draw here is Albania’s amazing brass band Fanfara Tirana, an 11-strong musical force of real magic. Transglobal Underground,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2013
Peru Boom: Bass, Bleeps and Bumps from Peru's Electronic Underground
Peru's capital Lima now hosts an edgy, fresh dance music scene, which draws on a wide range of influences: pan-South...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Rearrange My Heart
Little wonder that the celebrated American roots banjo player Béla Fleck was so taken with this pan-American quartet that he...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2020
Made by Human Hands
Grand Union have been making communal, culturally expansive and embracing music for four decades now, with a strong legacy of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2022
Alors, On Danse!
It’s a sign of the times that a ‘live’ album currently equals a livestream rather than concert performance. While the...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2021
