Reviews
Il Mese del Rosario
Breaking moulds works best when you can demonstrate you’ve nailed the mould. The first two tracks of this scintillating second...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: May/2017
ARARATh
Davit Drambyan, born in Armenia and living and working in Germany, is a musician and composer with a considerable number...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: July/2022
Aloha Radio Hawaii
A Chinese label recording vintage Hawaiian music in an ultra-modern California studio, with mostly non-native musicians? Go figure. But despite...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: January/2021
Rey de Mi Folclor Vallenato y Cumbia Colombiana
Ever since Carlos Vives turned to the style in the early 90s, vallenato reinstated itself as one of Colombia's most-cherished...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2020
Barrio Tango
Over the past few years Madrid-based label Galileo has been licensing a number of talented and distinctive Argentinian tango bands...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2010
The Ladies at Joe Gibbs
The legendary producer Joe Gibbs produced a host of female singers, who provided him with some classic songs and ‘riddims’...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: October/2013
Zorongo Blu
Zorongo Blu offers an accomplished but not entirely comfortable fusion of jazz and flamenco. The group take their name from...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Unquenching Fire
As soon as you see the names Miranda Sykes and Hannah Martin together you’re excited. They have two of the...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: December/2022
Live in France
Who would ever have thought that two Mexican guitarists who busked the streets of Dublin would turn out to be...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: October/2011
Eusebio
Two years ago the Italian singer Giulia Tellarini and her chums were among the multi-national swarms of tourists strumming guitars...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: October/2010
