Reviews
Vision of Three
In 2017 Swedish viola d’amore player Anna Ekborg Hans-Ers started to realise her dream of establishing a string trio grounded...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: April/2024
Queen of Eyes
Take a pair of harmonising female vocalists, ask them to record outside a one-room cabin on an island off Washington...
Reviewed by Motez Bishara in issue: September/2024
Koima
The West first heard the guitarist and singer Sidi Touré, from Gao in northern Mali, in 1996 when Stern’s released...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2012
Attic Mornings
Her second full-length release, following 2014's crowd-funded Amber Sands, finds the Austrian-born, Sligo-based violinist and vocalist joined by Swedish percussionist...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2017
Gal’üünx wil lu Holtga Liimi
Jeremy Pahl is the birth name of guitarist and fiddler Saltwater Hank, a member of the Ts’msyen group of First...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: October/2023
Paqueando
Diego Amador & José Maria Bandera
Diego Amador is one of a rare breed: a flamenco pianist. Rarer still he is also a cantaor (singer). Highlighting...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: November/2024
This is the Place
Hartwin is diatonic accordionist Hartwin Dhoore, here joined by violinist Pavel Souvandjiev and cellist Flavia Escartin, balancing the worlds of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/2026
Dlúth & Inneach (Warp & Weft)
I first saw The Weaving play a captivating set at the Hammersmith Irish Centre in May 2024; the Anglo-Irish trio’s...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2026
