Reviews
¡Salsa! Mi Hermana
When this album was released in 1968, salsa was the soundtrack of a new Latin consciousness. If New York was...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Kobane
A keening, reedy duduk (oboe) melody emerges out of the wind – a wind that blows free, unhindered across borders....
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: August/2017
Who Was Essad Bey?
This is a very entertaining and intriguing album. Whole books have been written about Essad Bey. He was born Lev...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2017
August 1791
Led by Richard Morse, proprietor of the celebrated Hotel Oloffson in Port-au-Prince, RAM were last heard from before the disastrous...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2018
Cavaquinho Cantado
The cavaquinho is an ancestor of the ukulele and has a long-standing tradition in Portuguese music, particularly in the northern...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Music in the Glen
Brendan Mulholland, Conor Lamb, Deirdre Galway
Music in the Glen is a promising debut by three stalwarts of Northern Ireland's live scene: Brendan Mulholland (flute and...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: July/2018
In Flow
Irish concertina master Jack Talty here presents his first solo album, a well-considered collection of tunes. Jigs, reels, hornpipes and...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: October/2017
Here Come the Young
A veteran singer-songwriter and activist, Joseph has purveyed social and protest songs since his first studio release in 1983. The...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2019
Arta: Violin and Laouto Instrumentals
Yiorgos Floudas & Vassilis Triantis
The Greek music of Epirus has long been identified with the Ioánnina district, ignoring the traditional styles of the Árta/Préveza...
Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: August/2017
