Reviews
No Border
It seems that these days (to me, at least) you can hardly scroll for five minutes through TikTok or Facebook...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2026
Elegant Pipa Classics: Wu Man’s New Renditions of Ancient Melodies
Here are ‘elegant’ pipa (Chinese lute) classics, which are in the main calm and meditative. But what a title! Traditional...
Reviewed by Frank Kouwenhoven in issue: October/2013
Rais
Tambu music from Curaçao is a drum-based genre that has incredible significance for the islanders. It is a particularly social...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: March/2018
Almah
Bassist Avishai Cohen is one of those rare jazz musicians who is comfortable playing across multiple genres, and he has...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: Apr/May/2014
Llinyn Arian
The Jenkins family are heavyweights of the Welsh folk scene, and this partnership is akin to the mother and daughter...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Diversions Vol 3: Songs from the Shipyards
In a remarkably prolific year for The Unthanks, this album follows hard on the heels of their mighty collaboration with...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Humans
This nine-piece, comprising members from the UK, Congo, Italy, France, Argentina and New Zealand, is a fantastic emblem of the...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Live in San Javier 2021
Matthieu Saglio Quartet & Guests
French-born agronomist-turned-cellist Matthieu Saglio reprises his 2020 top-selling album El Camino de los Vientos (reviewed in the July 2020 issue,...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: April/2022
Flavour of Africa
French duo Libreville make music that radiates musical and political positivity and in the current climate that feels like a...
Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: May/2022
Momentos
Dulce Pontes began her musical career in 1991 when, as a shy teenager, she sang for Portugal in the Eurovision...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
