Reviews
Saturno 2000: La Rebajada de Los Sonideros 1962-83
Mexican sonidero (DJ) Gabriel Dueñez had been playing a set for five or six hours when his turntable began overheating...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: June/2022
Namer of Clouds
The debut album of young Somerset singer Kitty Macfarlane features striking original songs alongside two traditional Somerset pieces from the...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2018
Infinity
Chilean pianist Tania Naranjo and Finnish accordionist Minna Weurlander hail from different hemispheres but are united by a common adopted...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Mam Yinne Wa
Algote Oho & His Sounds of Joy
Algote Oho is a Frafra gospel singer who cut his musical teeth performing in churches and festivals all over Ghana,...
Reviewed by Tim Clarke-Romain in issue: March/2020
Cumbia Siglo XXI
Colombian society and culture is always at the core of Meridian Brothers, a conceptual tropical band led by Eblis Alvarez....
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Astrakan Project B
The follow-up album to the pair's Astrakan Project features more bracing Breton gloominess by this talented couple. The disc is...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: March/2015
Tilham
Forty-five years and counting, with this their 14th album, Blowzabella are an institution of the English folk revival to stand...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: May/2023
Amour, T’es Là?
A weird one. A US-based Greek female singer and student of film soundtrack writing has taken it upon herself to...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
An tSLí
Bernard O’Neill has an impressive history. A classically-trained pianist and cellist, he has played double bass for the likes of...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: December/2020
