Reviews
Stradivarius in Rio
Viktoria Mullova’s 2012 autobiography From Russia to Love describes how at the age of 24 she fled Soviet Russia in...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: June/2014
Impuros Fanáticos
With Fumaça Preta having stormed the British critico-cultural barricades in spectacular fashion with their genre-mangling debut, it seems the hoary...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: June/2016
early bird // night owl
With their third album, early bird // night owl, Dowally deliver yet another exciting and eclectic release. Over the last...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: May/2021
Super Nova Samba Funk
Over a decade that’s seen all kinds of obscure and often fantastic Brazilian funk prised from the archives, the band...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Mynd
Mynd is the apt title of this excellent album, an Old English word meaning both ‘act of commemoration’ and ‘intellect.’...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Tinn Tout
Danyèl Waro has spent the past 45 years becoming the international ambassador of maloya, the revolutionary roots music of the...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2020
August
Since the release of their first album, Modus Operandi, in 2013, Trio Dhoore, made up of brothers Koen (hurdy-gurdy), Hartwin...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: December/2019
Monroe Bus
Inspired by a dream in which Bill Monroe, generally acknowledged as the father of bluegrass, lamented a lack of appreciation...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2019
The Music of Ancient Rome
A glance at the cover and a read through the story behind this release, with its tales of research into...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: December/2021
World Affairs
Mpho Majiga is a South African gospel singer with a disco vibe. This is his fifth album and World Affairs,...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2018
