Reviews
Con Sentimiento
Born in just 2002 in Güines (just south of Havana), Noslen Noel has already made a name for himself as...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: October/2021
Nick Harts Sings Ten English Folk Songs
The third studio album from folk singer Nick Hart will ring a bell. With dry humour, he is totting up...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2022
Lys/Mørke
Avant-garde bassist Sigurd Hole recorded Lys/Mørke on the island of Sørværet in the Norwegian arctic. If it was recorded anywhere...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2020
Quatro: The Definitive Collection
Four discs from Tito Puente’s time with RCA in the 50s, a bonus disc of outtakes and unreleased tracks, digital...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: July/2013
Playing For Change II: Songs Around The World
Reviewing well-mean¬ing musical projects designed to raise money for worthwhile charities can be a critic’s nightmare. More often than not...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2012
Hinamarama
In 1997 at age 13 Aotearoa, New Zealand Māori songstress Maisey Rika was featured performing traditional songs (waiata) with her...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: April/2024
The Lost Tapes
The Lost Tapes is the fourth album from the Owiny Sigoma Band and sadly it celebrates the end of the...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: March/2022
Georgia: Sacred & Secular Vocal Polyphony
Georgian polyphony is one of the most glorious sounds in the world – a dozen or so singers (usually male)...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2012
Raul Barboza & Juanjo Dominguez
Raul Barboza & Juanjo Dominguez
With Chango Spasiuk having been lured into the realm of the concert hall, like a latter-day Astor Piazzola, the main...
Reviewed by Phil Sweeney in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
