Reviews
Live and Raw
Raw indeed. And a lot of that rawness is courtesy of Dennis Wint, Invisible System's frontman, best described as a...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2013
Live at TUSK 2019
Recorded at the eclectic TUSK Festival in Gateshead, this live set captures the last night of the first ever UK...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2021
Under the Lilac Sky
Arushi Jain is an Indian-born, classically-trained Hindustani singer. She is also a Brooklyn-based modular synthesizer enthusiast. Using these two powerful...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2021
Neva/Harmony
A decade or so ago a Turkish singer covering songs from the Balkans to Armenia through Greece and Turkey...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Pontos de Passagem
Fado Malvado are a Portuguese quartet that focus on the musical bond between an accordion, a pair of guitars and...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: May/2023
Tulum: A Sound from the Black Sea
The Black Sea region is like a different country compared to the rest of Turkey. It's misty, mountainous and cool,...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2011
Timbuktu
During her first spell on World Circuit, Oumou Sangaré made some of the finest albums to come out of West...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2022
From Baroque to Fado
When one puts it all together in the same sentence, it looks like a recipe for disaster: Portuguese baroque music,...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: May/2018
Storymap
Lau’s Kris Drever and Salsa Celtica’s Éamonn Coyne got together to record Storymap in Scotland last autumn, with guests including...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2013
