Reviews
Collection of Traditional Musics 31: Peasant Brass Bands From Moldavia
Şarambel Brass Band from Valea Mare, Vaslui
This is the 31st disc in the remarkable collection of recordings of traditional Romanian music started by the late Speranța...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2023
The Songs Which Are
This Toronto-based ensemble continue their exploration of musicalising the work of the late self-taught Nova Scotia poet Alden Nowlan, around...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: June/2023
Family Affair
It's fun to imagine a group of reggae legends hauled up in a villa for days, switching between recording sessions...
Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: July/2023
Inti Watana: El Retorno del Sol
Veteran Bolivian singer Luzmila Carpio, one of the most prolific and well-respected of South American artists, returns here with a...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: October/2023
Glimmer
Nils Økland & Sigbjørn Apeland
Hardanger fiddle player and violinist Nils Økland and harmonium player Sigbjørn Apeland have been making music together for 30 years,...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2023
Not So Deep as a Well
For Québec-based musician, Myriam Gendron, it started with a book – a 1936 anthology of the poetry of Dorothy Parker,...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: January/February/2024
Sounds, Dreams & Other Stories A Celebration: 60 Years
These two prolific octogenarians have represented Brazilian jazz royalty for around six decades, so it’s high time for a three-CD,...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: January/February/2024
Mamá África
As one of Félix Baloy’s Cuban Son All Stars, Julio Montoro knows how to surround himself with class. On the...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2023
Dramagical
Seán Heely is a young fiddle player and Gaelic singer based in Washington, DC who is a US National Scottish...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2024
