Reviews
An Bhuatais & the Meaning of Life
Lorcán MacMathúna's book-and-CD package, An Bhuatais & the Meaning of Life, is, as its title implies, ambitious – an attempt...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: June/2021
Sons da Terra Vol 1
This is a beautiful collection of live performances in the Monasterio de Santa Cristina in the Ribeiro Sacra region of...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2017
Gaita na Fábrica: Sounds from the Squeezebox Factory
The fábrica – as in factory – of the title refers to a physical space in Porto Alegre where Borghetti...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Weird and Wonderful Tales
French multi-instrumentalists Maria Laurent and Gautier Degandt specialise in hard-core acoustic folk, given a rock attitude, although still operating within...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: April/2019
Impressions, Improvisations and Compositions
The standard piano is a limited instrument, with each key tuned to a pitch exactly the same distance from its...
Reviewed by Wif Stenger in issue: May/2021
And So We Gather
Kim Carnie wrote most of this debut album in Glen Lyon, Perthshire, and she has captured the unhurried peacefulness of...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: October/2022
Le Sato 2
Latest in Acid Jazz’s reissue programme from the legendary Benin record label Albarika Store, this newly revived vintage gem was...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/February/2024
Pinpeat Music and Songs
Perhaps the most remarkable thing about this music is that it exists at all. During the Khmer Rouge's reign of...
Reviewed by John Whitfield in issue: October/2011
Seu Jorge and Almaz
This covers album is a radical departure from a standard Seu Jorge samba-funk album and those expecting the swinging, soulful...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
For Him and Her
Amira Medunjanin made an immediate impact internationally with her debut album Rosa in 2004 with Mostar Sevdah Reunion (a Top...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2020
