Reviews
Orange Sunshine
There is a good reason why the initial physical release of Susso Seki Singh's Orange Sunshine is vinyl only. The...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: October/2018
Night Song
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Michael Brook
Night Song was the second time the Pakistani devotional qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan had worked with Canadian producer...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2019
Rags & Robes
Twenty four-year-old Scottish folk singer Ewan McLennan's star is very much on the rise. In February, he won the Horizon...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2011
La Estrella
Argentina's Chancha Vía Circuito transitioned from being a pioneer of digital cumbia in all its raw, urban, bone-shaking glory to...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: December/2022
Quiet Hum
The ‘West’ in this quartet's name refers to the North American West, and the band hails from Vancouver Island, which...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Vida-Código
For Vida-Código -his fourth album and his third on the Swedish Ajabu! label – Tiganá Santana presents very little of...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2020
Janus
Hardanger fiddle player Annbjørg Lien has long been putting her instrument on the international map. She first recorded aged 12...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2022
Soundscapes of Nicosia
Nābu Pēra are a trio from the Greek Cypriot capital Nicosia on vibraphone (Natasa Hadjiandreou), flute (Demetris Yiasemides), frame-drum (Savvas...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: January/2026
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
Russian Folksongs in the Key of Sadness
Evgeny Masloboev & Anastasia Masloboeva
Leo Records, which has released artists such as Sun Ra, Evan ParkerandArt Ensemble of Chicago, has long been an important...
Reviewed by Lemez Lovas in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
