Reviews
Dead of Night
The renowned master of Moroccan Gnawa music, Mahmoud Guinia, died in 2015; this album by his son Houssam serves as...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: December/2024
Amália Classics on Portuguese Guitar
While never the diva, Custódio Castelo has nevertheless been an animating presence in the world of fado for many decades...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: May/2020
A Place in Time
Comprising Ryan Couper (guitar, mandolin), Erik Peterson (percussion, vocals), Lewie Peterson (banjo, mandolin) and Jonny Polson (guitar, vocals), the Shetland-based...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: August/2017
Le Notti di San Patrizio
An Italian-based singer-songwriter born in Salvador, Bahia, Nilza Costa and her powerful, emotionally-charged voice represent a place at the cultural...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: November/2021
Brazil: Sambossica 3
There is so much exciting music coming out of Brazil right now. However you wouldn’t think so from Sambossica 3....
Reviewed by DJ Cliffy in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
XIV – A Integração
XIV – A Integração is a wonderfully untidy, uneven pile of ideas, mysticism and sacred touchstones, electro-acoustics and real sound,...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: August/September/2023
A.O.E.I.U (An Ordinary Exercise in Unity)
Florence Adooni is a singer born to the Frafra people of northeast Ghana. She grew up performing in church choirs...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2025
Inspirar
Danças Ocultas | Danças Ocultas & Orquestra Filarmonia das Beiras
‘Inspirar’ means ‘to inspire’ in Portuguese – no surprise there, right? And the word takes the same double meaning as...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: October/2025
Echoes in the Weave
Sareban is the moniker of Swiss-based rubab player Mathieu Clavel, and this debut release is the culmination of a decade...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: May/2026
The Auld Harp
Catriona McKay & Olov Johansson
The Swedish nyckelharpa (key harp) is an extraordinary instrument. Played with a bow to produce a sound with many of...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
