Reviews
I Feel It Once Again
Chicago-based fiddle player and singer-songwriter Anne Harris boasts a CV diverse enough to not only include many years touring and...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2025
Maré Cheia
Musician and anthropologist Meno Del Picchia has managed to combine his academic career with songwriting and music production. He’s explored...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: May/2025
Nubes Selva
Ecuadorian singer Grecia Albán’s first UK release Nubes Selva, which loosely translates as ‘Cloud Jungle’, reinvents traditional Ecuadorian, and South...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: August/2025
80 Anos (Remixes)
The Orquestra Afro-Brasileira, founded in Rio de Janeiro in 1942 by conductor Abigail Moura, played a big band jazz version...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: October/2025
Tondini plays Mostar Sevdah Reunion Disko 088
Tondini & Mostar Sevdah Reunion
In 2024, Mostar Sevdah Reunion marked the band’s 25th anniversary with Bosa Mara. While the line-up of musicians has changed...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2025
Phylipe Nunes Araújo
With his debut album, the singer-songwriter from Pernambuco adds his own poetic, melodic music to that of similar artists from...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: January/2026
Traveller
Anoushka Shankar's debut album for Deutsche Grammophon, best known for its heavyweight Western classical music, shows a terrific assurance which...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Border Woods
The Norwegian accordionist Frode Haltli follows 2018's excellent Avant Folk album with this much smaller quartet formation. There are two...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: October/2019
Roots of OK Jazz: Congo Classics 1955-56
This is a reissue of a collection originally released in 1993 as part of the excellent ‘Zaire Classics’ series. Since...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2010
