Reviews
Laugh, Dance & Sing
Gordie MacKeeman & His Rhythm Boys
You’ve got to love fiddler Gordie MacKeeman. In his recent video for the ‘Barbershop Sessions’ on YouTube, he takes you...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: March/2016
Cubafonía
This second album by Havana-born singer Daymé Arocena partly came about via ‘a platform for contemporary Cuban creativity driven by...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2017
Lady Diamond
Bryony Griffith & Will Hampson
Surprisingly, this is the debut album by a duo that already has a long pedigree. Griffith and Hampson have been...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
D’Amore e di Altre Cose Irreversibili
This is a mature debut from the singer Floriana Cangiano, who draws on her Italian roots and combines Mediterranean folk...
Reviewed by Valentina Monsurrò in issue: March/2015
To Catch a Ghost: Field Recordings from Madagascar
Canada-based sound recordist Charles Brooks has spent more than 20 years recording in the field and this is the second...
Reviewed by Mike Gavin in issue: April/2019
Calypso Sound System
As the UK enjoys summer, as far as it can, it is clearly time for a reconnection with Trinidadian calypso....
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Mavra Froudia
Stelios Petrakis, Efrén López & Bijan Chemirani
Very slick and polished, imma– culately performed and recorded, and full of dance-like energy, there's nothing to dislike about this...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: October/2011
Sans Souci
As a Kurdish musician, born in the south of Turkey, now resident in France, Ruşan Filiztek is celebrating the music...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2022
