Reviews
Cocktail d’Amour
Every couple of years there surfaces a new and often surprising instance of Robert Crumb’s enduring forays into amateur music-making....
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Last
Last begins with ‘Gan to the Kye’, a Northumbrian complaint about the local men taken by rebels, leaving only the...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Apr/May/2011
Brothers & Sisters
Lakuta are based in Brighton, but have influences that stretch far further afield. Their name is a Swahili term that...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: November/2016
Snow Flower
A gently plucked lilting waltz played on the Tibetan dranyen lute by Tenzin Choegyal begins the title-track. Sung in a...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: May/2025
It Was All Heart
Belgian composer and multi-instrumentalist Ward Dhoore has been touring globally for over a decade in numerous projects, including string trio...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: September/2025
Whitewater
Erwan Keravec grew up in Brittany, but is a Scottish bagpiper, now resident in Rennes. He marches sternly between modern...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: February/March/2026
Avalanche Kaito
When the first track opens with ominous flat thrums of a bass guitar that make way for dissonant synth tones,...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: August/September/2022
Children of the Otter
The leading Tuvan throat singing group Huun Huur Tu have made many notable collaborations over the past 25 years. However,...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: March/2019
Noir et Blanc
Recorded in 1983 by the composer Hector Zazou in collaboration with French synth experimentalists Guillaume Loizillon and Claude Micheli (aka...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2017
