Reviews
Make It Fast, Make It Slow
The title-track of this album was one of the many fascinating discoveries on Ghana Soundz, the first release from the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2012
Symphony!
Good melodies are dauntingly difficult to write. So perhaps it's not surprising that on projects like this one the performances...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Apr/May/2015
What are Those for Songs!
Otava Yo have existed since 2004 and are popular across much of the former Soviet Bloc. The six-piece are essentially...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: December/2015
Vol II
Twenty years ago, inspired by a series of concerts at the Largo club in Los Angeles where a mad-scientist-in-the-laboratory vibe...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2022
The Longing Kind
‘For this album I didn’t want to hide behind historical disasters and mythological beastsat the expense of my own experience,’...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2016
Bide Luzea Ternuarat
The margins of Europe – geopolitical and physical – vibrate with strange sounds and spirits. From Galicia to Finland to...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2015
Bahto Delo Delo
Marin ‘Tsagoi’ Sandu is an accordionist and singer from that heartland of Romanian Gypsy music, Clejani. Indeed he's the son...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2015
Indonesia: Songs from the Islands of Flores &Solor
Flores and Solor are part of a chain of narrow volcanic islands located just west of Timor Leste, the administrative...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: March/2011
