Reviews
Traditional Singing from Dublin
Macdara Yeates has played no small part in platforming a new generation of Irish folk singers via his stewardship of...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: November/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
Keeping Company
Bill Laurance & Michael League
It’s nice to see Laurance and League are still stepping away from their Snarky Puppy duties for this more introspective...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: January/2025
A Dance More Sweetly Played
It’s rare, as a reviewer, to be sent an album you’ll have on repeat. A Dance Sweetly Played is such...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: February/March/2025
The Spirit of God & Madness
In the publicity for this five-person string-and-vocal group, their home base — Vancouver, British Columbia — is credited as being...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: April/2018
Georgia: Sacred & Secular Vocal Polyphony
Georgian polyphony is one of the most glorious sounds in the world – a dozen or so singers (usually male)...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2012
Raul Barboza & Juanjo Dominguez
Raul Barboza & Juanjo Dominguez
With Chango Spasiuk having been lured into the realm of the concert hall, like a latter-day Astor Piazzola, the main...
Reviewed by Phil Sweeney in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Jamaica: Rhythm & Blues 1956-1961
The years 1956 and 1961 brought two key events to Jamaica’s musical history. The dates also provide well chosen bookends...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Pōpoloheno: Songs of Resilience & Joy
A beautifully curated collection of music, Pōpoloheno: Songs of Resilience & Joy doubles as a powerful moment of acknowledgement of...
Reviewed by Sosefina Fuamoli in issue: August/2025
Haiti: Meringue & Konpa 1952-1962
An earlier Frémeaux release, 2014's Dominican Republic: Merengue, excelled in profiling the small-combo and orchestra roots of merengue in the...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
