Reviews
Miky y Repa
La Reyna y La Real first met in 2012 on the underground rap circuit in Havana, having initially trod quite...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: June/2017
Le Notti di San Patrizio
An Italian-based singer-songwriter born in Salvador, Bahia, Nilza Costa and her powerful, emotionally-charged voice represent a place at the cultural...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: November/2021
Adroneline
Led by the German concertina and hurdy-gurdy player Thomas Zöller, Homebound are a seven-piece world music fusion band who have...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2016
Mravka
Citing influences such as Ben Folds Five and The Bad Plus, Australians the David Dower Trio blend elements of jazz,...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: March/2023
Memory Drop
After losing such strong musical personalities as founding members Sophie Solomon and Lemez Lovas, a less dedicated and stubborn band...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Grit
It's hard to believe it's been 11 years since Martyn Bennett's Grit was first released. The last album recorded before...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2014
Right of Passage
Franco-American guitar and banjo player Cory Seznec and Senegalese guitarist-turned-kora player Amadou Diagne first met while busking on the streets...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Polyglot Pike
Now on their fifth album, Trio Mio have an impressive collection of awards from their previous releases. Swede Jens Ulvsand,...
Reviewed by James Roriston in issue: March/2019
