Reviews

Time Ashore

Kirsty Bromley

Sheffield-based 20-something Kirsty Bromley began her personal musical journey singing in choirs, then played in brass bands and danced with...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2015

De Tierra y Oro

Sofia Rei

Know how to hum a huayno, a lando, a saya? Sofia Rei does. Born in Argentina and resident in New...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Apr/May/2013

Desumanos

Desumanos

While recording a Felipe Cordeiro album back in 2013, the musicians found their studio jam sessions so enjoyable that they...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2023

Homelands

Alyth

Homelands is Alyth McCormack's third solo album and a rather sweet and alluring work it is too. A mix of...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2015

Tangos Pendientes

Débora Russ

The fourth track on this album is ‘Jacinto Chiclana’, a poem by Jorge Luis Borges. Its music is folksy and...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2012

Remembrance

Arvvas

Imagine Tom Waits heading north and living for a while with Sámi musicians in Norway. Steinar Raknes has a voice...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Echoes from a Faded Past

Cloud Atlas Trio

What do you get when you cross a Swedish guitarist, a Danish cellist and composer, a Jordanian singer, oud player...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2023

Ladaniva

Ladaniva

Ladaniva is the creation of Belarusso-Armenian singer Jaklin Baghdasaryan and French multi-instrumentalist, Louis Thomas, whose featured trumpet playing often recalls...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2023

Coming Home

Cara Dillon

This new release from the Irish singer is more than simply a new album – it’s a broad creative response...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2024

Gula Gula

Mari Boine

Fragile, urgent and strong, Gula Gula reveals itself within the first 20 seconds of the title-track as one of the...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: March/2024