Reviews
Air Fàir an Là
The follow-up to Niteworks' critically acclaimed debut album NW is a beautifully produced and exciting album with some fresh and...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: November/2018
Ritual
Right in the middle of the rock-jazz-Latin Venn diagram there's a sweet spot reserved for Santana. Many have tried to...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: December/2022
Desert to Douala
Pulo NDJ is a project that broadcasts from the musical midpoint between N'Djamena, Chad and New York. DJs Nickodemus and...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2019
The Rough Guide to the Best World Music You’ve Never Heard
Much has been written about ‘world music’ as a genre – going back to David Byrne's 1999 New York Times...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: May/2016
Flight Paths
Siskin Quartet are a melding together of two remarkable duos. English-born fiddler Bridget Marsden and accordionist Leif Ottosson – outstanding...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: January/February/2023
Xuntas
Self-defined as ‘Galician folk Druids,’ the five gifted musicians that make up Sangre de Muerdago show anti-interest in being fashionable...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2021
Vieilles Caniques et Nouvelles Caniques
Stanley Brinks & the Old-Time Kaniks
Indie-folk is often terrible: a ham-fisted, middle-of-the-road mush of xylophones and ukuleles that is unashamedly twee and contrivedly cute. Thankfully,...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: March/2017
Eu Preciso de um Liquidificador
With its musicality, playful melodies and wide mix of influences (samba, choro, pop and doo wop are all in the...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Apr/May/2013
Eat the Moon
Eat the Moon is the third album by FY5 – aka Finnders & Youngberg – and combines the swinging strings...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Rincon de las Penas
The Río de la Plata has a long tradition of meditative guitar music. It’s informed by the mestizo traditions of...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2024
