Reviews
Divé Husy (Wild Geese)
Singer and violinist Jitka Šuranská is a rising star of the Czech music scene, drawing inspiration from the traditional music...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Love Songs
Opening with piano and a flourish of fiddle on instrumental track, ‘Summer Daylight Winter Darkness’, Bella Hardy’s tenth album is...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2022
London Acoustic Set
Carmen Souza Duo feat Theo Pas’cal
Sheared back to not much more than her gravity-defying voice at London’s Green Note venue, Carmen Souza shows here that...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2012
Albores
The Argentinian bandoneón maestro Dino Saluzzi is a rara avis. He doesn’t play the nostalgic tango-covers card. Nor, despite hailing...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: January/2021
Navega!
From Marseille, singer Tatou and crew have continued leaping across to the US, bringing the Occitan language to new audiences....
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Dil
The family style of the late sitar legend Vilayat Khan is renowned for its gayaki, a vocalised style of playing...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: Apr/May/2011
Natura Sonora
Though British, Robin Perkins emerged out of the Latin American downtempo scene of the early 2010s under the alias of...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: December/2021
Dance Me to Heaven
Victoria Klewin & The True Tones
Funded by fans and daydream believers comes this first album from a tight little unit currently making waves in the...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2016
Rima
Ever since the arrival of her genre-bending 90s band The Moahunters, veteran Maori songstress Moana Maniapoto has been one of...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Casa de Trova: Cuba 50s
A decade or so ago, this album would have been one among dozens. With the decline of the CD trade,...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: June/2014
