Reviews
Mis Ancestros
Perkutao are an Afro-Peruvian percussion ensemble founded in 2005 and directed by Percy Chinchilla, musician, percussionist, zapateador and teacher. Mis...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2022
Papa Lemon: New Orleans Ukulele Maestro & Tent Show Troubadour
The one thing we are not told in the evocative and often hilarious liner notes of this album, is whether...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: July/2014
Do You Know a Place Called Flekkeröy?
Scandinavia in recent years has provided a home for many fine African musicians and the Gambian-born Denmark-based kora player Dawda...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2022
Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest
Through a slightly distorted vocal, reminiscent of his early Smog albums, Callahan begins Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest with a...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: November/2019
Sertão do Mar
When Brazilian singer Mariana Caetano moved to France in 2004, she already carried a profound love for the music from...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: October/2019
Turn to Fray
This debut from the Brighton duo of Laura Ward and Adam Ronchetti is the latest release from the prolific Sussex...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2019
What Are We Trying to Say
Teesside-born husband-and-wife duo Stu and Debbie Hanna have racked up a dozen studio and live albums in a near 20-year...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: May/2023
Diaxas
Like an African version of Jamaica’s Sly & Robbie, Jam Groove are the London-based Senegalese rhythm duo of drummer Oumar...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2022
Moving Home
From Bosnia to Brisbane via Sweden and Slovenia, the Australian-based trio East of West span all points of the compass...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/September/2023
Melkutus Party
The zither-like kantele has its roots deep in Finnish history and Venäläinen, on her debut album, embraces its beauty and...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: January/February/2024
