Reviews
Invisible Strings
Eraldo Bernocchi & Prakash Sontakke
‘Classical Indian slide guitar’ isn’t a style you hear about every day – but if you’re a fan of Hindustani...
Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: March/2017
Alma Latina
While not exactly a high-profile name in European world music circles, guitarist Julio Montoro has a fair old pedigree –...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Apr/May/2015
El Boom Boom
Now here’s a turn up for the books. The indefatigable Tumi Records of Bath has stumbled across a compilation containing...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: October/2010
Peggy's Dream
Martin Hayes & The Common Ground Ensemble
Lovers of The Gloaming will be expecting the best from Clare fiddler extraordinaire Martin Hayes and the Common Ground Ensemble,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2023
Madíbá
It was always going to be a tough ask to follow up on Blick Bassy's seminal 2019 album 1958 (A...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: July/2023
Biama
This Garifuna group is based at the Lebeha Drumming Center in Hopkins Village, Belize, which opened in 2003 with the...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: August/September/2023
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
Dotze Temps
Lluís Gómez’ story is an improbable one. A voracious Spanish musical student from a young age, he quickly learned to...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: September/2024
Femmina
The vocalist and clarinettist Gera Bertolone hails from Sicily, and here puts together an album of original songs which blend...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: January/2025
