Reviews
Neynik (Mirror)
Listening to Neynik, if there is one thing that we would not suspect, it is that Eléonore is French… This...
Reviewed by Anne Girard Esposito in issue: August/2024
Joyas del Guajiro
The rural Cuban singer-songwriter Polo Montañez, who was killed in a road accident in 2002 only three years after his...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: December/2024
Volume Two
Scottish acoustic guitarist Will McNicol’s first collaboration with the Innotet string quartet was lauded by Classic FM and its successor...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: December/2024
OVA
This is a bittersweet triumph from one of the world’s finest fusion bands. The Afro Celts were founded by Simon...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: December/2024
Sem Palavras (feat Iván ‘Melon’ Lewis)
‘Queen of the Portuguese Guitar’, Pereira da Costa may only be on her second album, but her trailblazing reputation as...
Reviewed by April Clare Welsh in issue: November/2024
Ekoya
After three albums of uncompromising Congolese street funk, Jupiter Bokondji and his band have essayed something a little different on...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2025
Loudon Live in London
An excellent overview of the six-decade-long career of one of America’s preeminent (and funniest) troubadours. Recorded during a three-night stand...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2025
When They All Looked Up
For her first album of new material in six years Kate Rusby has recorded, mostly, songs of her own. These...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2025
Vintage Balkan Beats
While this compilation's title cheekily refers to that club craze for remixes of Balkan brass tunes, the recordings here are...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2014
