Reviews

One for the Pot

The Teacups

All music begins with the human voice, and The Teacups’ success is borne out of their trust in a pure...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Apr/May/2014

Rise Up

The Outside Track

Award-winning Celtic five-piece The Outside Track have a strong pedigree for a band that live in different countries. They've got...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: April/2019

Ingoma

Na Lengo

The Spanish guitarist Gerard Guse and the Kenyan singer Denis Inyani met in Ibiza – where they both now live...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2017

Brazilian Landscapes

Michala Petri, Marilyn Mazur, Daniel Murray

This decidedly erudite CD is like a classically tinged Codona trio album for the new millennium. Like Don Cherry and...

Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: October/2017

Marwar Stories

Jackson Scott Walter

Thanks to Lorca’s duende theory – which has scant foundation in Andalusian history or culture – we tend to think...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2025

Con-Fusion

Fimber Bravo

This steel pan drummer from Trinidad was one of the founding members of cult the outfits 20th Century Steel Band...

Reviewed by John M Gomez in issue: June/2013

Silentski

Naragonia

This is the eighth album from the Belgian balfolk duo formed during the Andanças Festival in Portugal in 2003. It...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2021

About Towers

WÖR

‘New energy for old Belgian music' is the ringing slogan adopted by the five musicians of WÖR. Their mission to...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2021

L'Aurore

Bonsoir, Catin

You could think of this as a good dance hall disc, a souvenir of a summer's night spent in the...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: November/2017

Manoyatri – The Mind Voyager

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Manoyatri is a set of four exciting new compositions by Australia-based Avra Banerjee who trained in Indian classical music and...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: October/2023