Reviews
Island Songs
Island Songs is the latest project from BAFTA-winning Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds. It sees him travelling to seven different towns...
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: March/2017
CAOIN
The debut album from one of Ireland’s most intriguing emerging talents, visual artist and vocalist Ceara Conway, CAOIN (Cry), clothes...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: July/2022
Tromper le Temps
Having released seven records during their ten years together, Le Vent du Nord are clearly not short of inspiration. The...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: October/2012
El Bueno y el Malo
Swiss-Ecuadorian guitar duo Hermanos Gutiérrez make their intentions clear from the first twang of heavily-reverbed guitar. Sitting somewhere between Tarantino...
Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: January/February/2023
Apollo You Sixteen
‘Progressive world music’ is how this Belgium-based 40-year-old autodidact describes his latest album, which fuses flamenco with folk, garage, classical...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
A Vontade Superstar
The Sao Paulo music scene is currently thriving, with artists such as Criolo, Tulipa and Céu getting international releases and...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Leaving Eden
The new release from the American acoustic trio comes with high expect¬ations, after its pre¬decessor, Genuine Negro Jig won a...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2012
Rumba Argelina
When Rumba Argelina blasted the late Benjamín Escoriza and his Moorish sidemen to the fore of Spanish flamenco fusion in...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Adouna
Releasing two different albums simultaneously is a bold move and you probably need to have a captive audience to get...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
