Reviews
Hani Polyphonic Singing in Yunnan China
Southwest China’s Yunnan province is home to the majority of the Hani people. Think of the terraced rice fields of...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: December/2023
Sealladh
This Scottish harpist and singer was commissioned by The National Galleries of Scotland to make music and songs paired with...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: August/2024
Neynik (Mirror)
Listening to Neynik, if there is one thing that we would not suspect, it is that Eléonore is French… This...
Reviewed by Anne Girard Esposito in issue: August/2024
Joyas del Guajiro
The rural Cuban singer-songwriter Polo Montañez, who was killed in a road accident in 2002 only three years after his...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: December/2024
Volume Two
Scottish acoustic guitarist Will McNicol’s first collaboration with the Innotet string quartet was lauded by Classic FM and its successor...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: December/2024
OVA
This is a bittersweet triumph from one of the world’s finest fusion bands. The Afro Celts were founded by Simon...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: December/2024
Sem Palavras (feat Iván ‘Melon’ Lewis)
‘Queen of the Portuguese Guitar’, Pereira da Costa may only be on her second album, but her trailblazing reputation as...
Reviewed by April Clare Welsh in issue: November/2024
Ekoya
After three albums of uncompromising Congolese street funk, Jupiter Bokondji and his band have essayed something a little different on...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2025
Loudon Live in London
An excellent overview of the six-decade-long career of one of America’s preeminent (and funniest) troubadours. Recorded during a three-night stand...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2025
