Reviews
In the Echo: Field Recordings from Earlsfort Terrace
Proof that Irish traditional music is the most amenable of genres, In the Echo brings together leading figures in the...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: December/2021
Całe Szczęście
Mosaik are a very accomplished Polish folk band who combine Polish traditions with world sounds. On this album we hear...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Nostálgico
The title of this album, Nostálgico, goes right to the heart of what tango represents: nostalgia and longing for what once...
Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: May/2019
Introducing… Rubén González
Recorded in two days in Havana in 1996 at the end of the Buena Vista Social Club sessions, the debut...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/2017
Eparaka
Eparaka is the first album from young Mozambican singer Deltino Guerreiro. It's been two years in the making, and the...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2016
Manara
Sudanese-American singer Alsarah and her Nubatones first showed up on the radar with their fantastic debut Silt in 2014. As...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: December/2016
The True Story of Bananagun
Put on your sunglasses and your fringed jackets, turn on the lava lamp, mix yourself a martini, let out a...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2020
Autumn's Hymn
Son of John is 24-year-old Jacob Johnson, a fingerstyle guitar player in the mould of Nic Jones or Martin Simpson,...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Levantine Rhapsody
Having spent the last 15 years collaborating on various international projects, Turkish-born Başar describes her first solo release as an...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: April/2021
Nara
Senem Diyici has a long career making music, having started recording her songs in 1969, before going on to develop...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: April/2023
