Reviews
Truth be Told
Shama Rahman's jazz flirts with trip-hop and acoustic music to such an extent that her French verses in the title-track...
Reviewed by Amar Dhillon in issue: December/2016
Draft
Despite growing up in the small town of Anogia on the island of Crete, also home to such famous Greek...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: May/2021
Salhi
Imed Alibi, Mounir Troudi & Michel Marre
Imed Alibi is a France-based Tunisian percussionist who likes to take risks. His 2015 debut, Safar, saw him playing alongside...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2018
At Kriol Junction
It’s been five years since this multi¬cultural collective’s compelling and original debut album More Big Musik from Over There! But...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: June/2014
Hard Ground
The Rachel Hamer Band met on the folk degree course at Newcastle University. They play with gusto and confidence and...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2017
Futuro Do Pretérito
On first listening, it's hard to get a handle on the São Paulo quartet's third album; their take on retro...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2019
Portraits
Niamh Dunne is the singer and fiddle player with the highly successful band Beoga and Portraits is her first solo...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Bones of Contention
From the streets of Glasgow, this trio – guitarist and singer John Langan, Alastair Caplin on fiddle, and double bassist...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Tovafelé: Music from Beyond the Carpathian Mountains
Tuz Lángja are a young Hungarian band, drawing on the traditions of the Csángó people, who live in an enclave...
Reviewed by Balázs Weyer in issue: July/2011
Tango Ladeado
Janne Rättyä & Patrick Demenga
Finland's tango, while a spin-off of the Argentinian/Parisian original and almost as old, is a separate tradition altogether. Its cool,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
