Reviews

Gin and Strathspey

LYRE LYRE

A string band with a possibly unique instrumentation, LYRE LYRE is three of the most in-demand musicians currently operating in...

Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: May/2022

Spertador

Tabanka

Tabanka's debut album is a modern take on the funaná music of Cape Verde – an uptempo dance style recognisable...

Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: April/2019

Long Shot/Battle of the Giants

The Pioneers

The Pioneers were a Jamaican vocal trio who formed in the early 1960s, shifting line-ups and achieving little success until...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: December/2018

Mollevit

Habadekuk

A decade ago, a handful of folk and jazz students at the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in southern...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: November/2017

Burda: Contemporary Arabic Maqam Suite

The Asil Ensemble

This album showcases the remarkable talents of Egyptian-born oud player and singer Mustafa Said and his youthful Beirut-based collective, the...

Reviewed by Martin Stokes in issue: December/2015

Tudo

Joyce Moreno

The artist formerly known as Joyce has been recording for over 40 years. Antonio Carlos Jobim has called her ‘one...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: July/2013

Falling Out of Time

Silkroad Ensemble

Since the Silkroad Ensemble was established by Yo-Yo Ma 20 years ago, its ever- shifting ensemble have created a global...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/2021

Borrowed Songs

Ewan McLennan

It is rare to hear an album that confronts you with such a powerful sense of who a person is...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: March/2020

Se Quema el Mundo

LPT

LPT are a ten-piece Afro-Cuban band out of Jacksonville, Florida whose 2018 debut album, Sin Parar, won a clutch of...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: January/February/2022

Kologo

Alostmen

Stevo Atambire is already a big deal in Ghana, a streetboy-turned-pop star whose local releases are full of synths and...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2021