Reviews
Moldavia: Peasant Tunes from the Old Land of Hârlău
Neculai Florea, Nicolae Amarandei, Valentin Bălăşanu
Hârlău is a town in the Romanian region of Moldavia, about 70km from Iaşi. And this record is a deliberate...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: August/September/2023
Lysøen: Hommage a Ole Bull
Nils Økland & Sigbjørn Apeland
Hardanger fiddle and violin player Nils Økland makes music that sounds as if he were spinning fine lace between the...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2011
Word of Mouth
Most musicians, when they make an album, head for a recording studio full of sophisticated equipment. Seth Lakeman has an...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2014
Pancada Motor: Manifesto da Festa
DJ Tudo e Sua Gente de Todo Lugar
One of Alfredo Bello's passions is to create field recordings of Afro-Brazilian traditions and religious ceremonies. These recordings then serve...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2015
Yoshitsune
Yoshitsune is a concept album that hits like a comic book punch. The psychedelic hard-rock of French group PoiL proves...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: March/2024
The South African Meeting of Viramundo
After standing down as Brazil's minister of culture, the legendary singer Gilberto Gil undertook a southern hemisphere tour to Australia...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamso in issue: Apr/May/2014
Taraf Syriana
The four-piece Taraf Syriana is made up of virtuoso musicians from Syria, Lebanon, Moldova and Switzerland, now based in Montréal....
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: May/2023
The Musical Voyages of Marco Polo
This musical romp along the Silk Road imagines the musical cultures the 13th-century explorer Marco Polo may have encountered on...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Apr/May/2014
