Reviews

Estren

TEYR

TEYR enjoyed acclaim for their album Far From the Tree in 2016. Then James Patrick Gavin (fiddle and guitar), Dominic...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2021

Canu Rhydd

Fernhill

The literal translation of Canu Rhydd is ‘free poetry’; with their latest album Fernhill continue their pioneering exploration of vernacular...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Apr/May/2011

Parasol Peak

Manu Delago

Since popularising the hang drum – a melodic percussion instrument, and cousin to the steel pan – at the turn...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: December/2018

Pueblo Vivo (Vibrant People)

La Otrabanda

It's always a pleasure with world music – and especially so with Latin American rhythms – to be disorientated. When...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Nov/Dec/2010

Undersong

Salt House

In the wild waters of the straits between the isles of Harris and North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2018

Utopia and Wasteland

Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar

No prizes for guessing to where the ‘utopia and wasteland’ of the title refers. It comes as no surprise that...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2018

Alo

Ajate

The second album from the Japanese ten-piece Ajate is full of surprises as leader John Imaeda and his group provide...

Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: July/2020

Now

Ellika, Solo & Rafael

The Swedish fiddler Ellika Frisell and the Senegalese kora player Solo Cissokho won a BBC Radio 3 Award for World...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2014

Mucho Gusto

Acid Coco

Acid Coco are a Colombian duo whose careers have led them to the US, Europe and beyond. Before the formation...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: December/2020

Alfabeto Runico

Alfabeto Runico

Active since 2003, Alfabeto Runico are the fruit, first and foremost, of the friendship between the three band members. Marta...

Reviewed by Megan Iacobini de fazio in issue: May/2019