Reviews
Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle
I Kate and Anna McGarrigle were the unlikeliest of pop stars, two plain-spoken homebodies raised in the ancient Laurentian mountain...
Reviewed by Roger Hahn in issue: October/2013
Exotic Other
Animanz are three musical childhood friends, based in London, who front a collective committed to playing party tunes in which...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2018
Afrotropism
Although Danish seven-piece The Kutimangoes originally aimed for the crossroads between Afrobeat and jazz, further musical adventures have edged their...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: December/2019
Ya Nass
Although relatively unknown in Europe, Yasmine Hamdan is something of an icon among the educated urban elite of the Arab...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: July/2013
Simplify
At a time when technology is turning human beings into human ‘doings’ in a relentless struggle for power and money,...
Reviewed by Leander Hobbs in issue: November/2017
Murmurs
Martin Simpson, Andy Cutting & Nancy Kerr
Nancy Kerr just won Folk Singer of the Year at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Martin Simpson is no...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2015
Pra Gente Fazer mais um Samba
In his liner notes, Chico Buarque describes this collection by one of the greatest samba singer-songwriters as ‘ songs full...
Reviewed by Sue Steward in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
The Tin Fiddle
Your ears could be forgiven for presuming there was at least one percussionist, guitarist or mandolin player on this album....
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: August/2017
Let Them Speak
This is an album recorded by 18 musicians, separated by 18,000km. The Umoza Music Project is a joint Malawian and...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: December/2015
