Reviews
From Bedlam to Lenane
Ilaria Graziano & Francesco Forni
With that title beside those two names, I was expecting a couple of Italian crooners on an Irish road trip....
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2015
Villa-Lobos Superstar
When the members of Pau Brasil stepped onto their road to becoming a crucial band in Brazil's contemporary instrumental music...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: November/2017
Mazes
On her second album, Mazes, Harri Endersby subtly blurs the line between traditional and contemporary folk music, with added birdsong...
Reviewed by Charlie Long in issue: April/2020
Galactic Gala
Mixing century-old traditional vocals with the latest sonic technology has always been an attractive yet dangerous musical venture. More often...
Reviewed by Marc Fournier in issue: April/2020
A Bela Vida
It's not ofen that the oboe takes the lead in any genre and its pinched tone can sometimes be too...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2020
Wandering Stars: Songs from Gimpel's Lemberg Yiddish Theatre 1906-1910
This extraordinary collection of Yiddish theatre songs, produced by Julian Futter and Mike Aylward, is the outcome of a ten-year...
Reviewed by Helen Beer in issue: October/2014
Sila Kang
On a first listen to this debut album from Nottingham-based Gambian musician Sura Susso, the word that kept coming to...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: October/2011
African Anthology: African Rhythms
The third in the African Anthology series continues to feature music predominantly sourced from the former Portuguese colonies, plus some...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
The Encounter of Vocal Heritage
Migrancy is an inescapable condition of our time, and people in movement to strange places carry remembrances of home with...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2017
