Reviews
Brasslands: A Motion Picture Soundtrack
When Miles Davis ventured to the annual brass festival in Guca, in western Serbia, he was astonished. “I didn’t know...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
CantöRiöndö
The spirit of Genoa resounds through this celebration of the singing circle of trallalero – a form of urban traditional...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Hungarian Noir: A Tribute to the Gloomy Sunday
Thankfully the song ‘Gloomy Sunday’ does not directly cause people to commit suicide. Otherwise I would be 12 times deceased...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: June/2016
Deadly Hearts
A tribute album of cover versions of iconic Australian indigenous-oriented songs that have impacted on younger Aboriginal musicians, Deadly Hearts...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2018
Honkytonk Heartbreaker
This is the second full-length album by New Brunswick, Nova Scotia-based bluegrass barnstormers The Backyard Devils. Released in the US...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2017
Babi
Touareg music hasn't always been about electric guitars and the Tamashek quartet Al Bilali Soudan (an ancient name for the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/September/2023
Nakibembe Embaire Group
Nakibembe is a small village in Uganda's Busoga Kingdom, where the residents preserve the local tradition of playing and dancing...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: August/September/2023
The Beautiful Road
Rónán Ó Snodaigh & Myles O’Reilly
Kíla frontman Rónán Ó Snodaigh and fellow musician and film-maker Myles O’Reilly's first outing together on disc, 2021's Tá Go...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2023
Isle of the Eagle
’Isle Of The Eagle’ is a song from Achill, the largest of the isles off Ireland’s west coast, written by...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2023
