Reviews
Little Universe
Only one year after their acclaimed 2020 release Songs Beyond Words, Taiwan-based group A Moving Sound return with another eclectic...
Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: December/2021
Truth be Told
Shama Rahman's jazz flirts with trip-hop and acoustic music to such an extent that her French verses in the title-track...
Reviewed by Amar Dhillon in issue: December/2016
Tuning into the World: Slovenia
Slovenia is a small nation, with a powerful cultural centre in the capital of Ljubljana, and hence a place where...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: October/2018
Manuša
Júlia Kozáková is a young Slovakian singer who is, at present, studying at the School of Oriental and African Studies...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: June/2022
Enclosure
The Askews have released some of the most striking folk music of recent years, from Hazel's involvement in Lady Maisery...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2019
Chambacú
Colombian singer Aurita Castillo was just six or seven years old when she recorded two albums for Discos Fuentes in...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: January/February/2022
Handful of Earth
When this album was released in November 1981, the year had already seen riots in Brixton, Toxteth and Moss Side,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2019
Blue
On your first listen to this album, you’ll be immediately struck by its ‘crossover’ nature – the fusion of baroque...
Reviewed by James Roriston in issue: December/2020
Um Corpo no Mundo
When Salvador established itself as the ‘African soul’ of Brazil in the mid-20th century, it was the music of Dorival...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Second Nature
Recent winners of Best World Music Group at Canada’s Folk Music Award, Toronto’s Minor Empire bring a subtlety to this...
Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: March/2012
