Reviews
Notes For a Maiden Warrior
Borders run through Dani Larkin’s life and work. A native of the Armagh/ Monaghan borderlands, she has worked in peace-building...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2021
Many Languages: One Soul
Five skilled clarinettists from across the Balkan peninsula have been convened by two clarinettist/composers from Germany, under the auspices of...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2015
Walimizi
Mayotte is a little island and French overseas department situated in the Indian Ocean between Mozambique and Madagascar where the...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: March/2023
Heemor (Windhorse Reprise)
Wind Horse, the debut release by Inner Mongolian band Anda Union in 2011, was a Top of the World in...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2018
Clandestino/Bloody Border
There are plenty of great albums that seem to define a moment in time but, as the zeitgeist moves on,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2019
Border Woods
The Norwegian accordionist Frode Haltli follows 2018's excellent Avant Folk album with this much smaller quartet formation. There are two...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: October/2019
Cameroon Garage Funk
This is another fine compilation from Analog Africa, amassing 16 tracks recorded in Cameroon's capital Yaoundé during the 1970s. All...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: November/2021
The Fox
Best known as the guitarist and fiddler from Balkan mayhem merchants Sheelanagig, this intimate acoustic duo setting allows Kit Hawes...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: November/2016
El Viaje
What a lovely album this is: a work of fluid yet inventive piano compositions rooted in classical, nodding to jazz...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2016
Leva-me aos Fados
Even if you missed Ana Moura's first three albums, this disc is an excellent introduction to her art and her...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: July/2010
