Reviews
The Unquiet
This new solo album from vocalist Pauline Scanlon offers striking, singularly personal interpretations of ten traditional songs that range from...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2022
365: Volume 2
Reveal Records issued Volume 1 in the spring of 2018, with Lau's fiddler joining forces with jazz pianist Kit Downes...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2019
Farewell to the Homeland: Poyln
Behind this album is the story of the Frand family who travelled from Dubiecko, Poland to the US in the...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Tiritando
Antonio Gonzalez Batista helped pioneer the fusion of flamenco and Latin rumba rhythms that has had such an enduring impact...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2012
Ink of the Rosy Morning
Like a number of albums released this year, the root story behind the Cambridge duo’s debut for Topic Records is...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2022
Escape That
This is Sweeney's first album of self-composed songs, its 11 tracks comprised of more than 20 pieces, written during lockdown...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2022
Set Sela
In a part of the world where a music scene is starting to make itself heard, Senegal's Guiss Guiss Bou...
Reviewed by Yousif Nur in issue: April/2020
Crows’ Bones
Opera North, who originally commissioned this project as a live, touring event, clearly have a refreshingly broad idea of what...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2014
Electricity
Four albums in, and Ibibio Sound Machine are showing no signs of slowing down. Bursting with purpose, Electricity offers hope...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: May/2022
