Reviews
The Newpart
Canadian fiddler, singer and step dancer April Verch has been a figure on the Canadian folk scene since the early...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2015
Alde
Alde, meaning ‘swell’ in English, perfectly sums up the feel of this debut solo album from Hardanger fiddle player Benedicte...
Reviewed by Olivia Haughton in issue: July/2012
In Search of Sources
Unlike the Jarek Adamów album that follows this one, In Search of Sources features two Polish musicians interested in the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: August/September/2022
Guajira Mas Guajira
More than half a century ago, Maria Ochoa used to sit in a hammock on the family's farm in rural...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2016
Não Tente Compreender
Like Moreno Veloso, Preta Gil and Maria Rita, Mart'nália Mendonça Ferreira is the child of famous musical parents. Her mother...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: March/2013
In the Shadow of Leaves
Randolph Matthews & Byron Johnston
A suspended cultural identity looms over this debut disc by vocalist Matthews and guitarist Johnston. This may or may not...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Levanta Poeira
Levanta Poeira is a puzzling musical object. Compiler DJ Tahira is a well-known vinyl digger based in São Paulo and...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: June/2018
Live in Bamako
There's a certain emotional urgency that can only be delivered by a live album. Live in Bamako, Oumar Konaté's fourth...
Reviewed by Leander Hobbs in issue: June/2018
Morose
Polished musicianship and cosy camp-fire gatherings don’t necessarily go hand in hand. Yet the sophisticated arrangements on this album take...
Reviewed by Wendy Scott in issue: July/2018
OK World
The clusters of sparse piano notes that open this disc suggest a contemplative acoustic music that might confound fans of...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2014
