Reviews
Äiti Maa/Mother Earth
Zäpämmät are a Finnish duo, comprising Marjo Smolander (voice, kantele) and Pauliina Kauppila (voice, berimbau, lamellophones and percussion). Their aim...
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: June/2020
Pannonian Songs
Andrea Rost is one of Hungary’s best-known opera singers, with an international career performing at opera houses from La Scala...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2012
Waltz for Better Times
Over the past two decades Matti Kallio has worked on more than 100 records, whether performing, producing or composing. He...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2018
RAAZ
Hooshyar Khayam & Bamdad Afshar
Like an intoxicated dream, the sounds of provincial Iran and the wider world warp and meld into a feverish blurring...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: March/2021
Ayahuasca: Música para Cine de Luis David Aguilar (1978-1983)
With little commercial appetite for avant-garde and classical music in Peru during the 70s and 80s, conservatory-trained composer Luis David...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: January/February/2023
Mercury
Mercury marks Miller's third solo album, but it is her first of entirely original material. And a talented songwriter it...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Cape Verde: An Archipelago of Music
The Ocora label specialises in field recordings of music from around the world. This release is a double CD of...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: July/2020
Tiga Tej Tibs
Dan Harper doesn’t heed conventional wisdom. You’re supposed to open an album with one of the strongest songs in your...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Across the Western Ocean
The second album of shanties and songs of the sea from Pressgang Mutiny since they came together in 2013 in...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: December/2020
