Reviews
Volo Hazo
Three guitarists from three different generations, all from Madagascar, have produced an album that could quite easily sit on an...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: May/2018
Imaginary Soundtrack
The newest album by the prolific Copenhagen-based composer Paolo Russo is inspired by music for the films of his native...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Still Time
Karen Matheson returns after five years to prove she still deserves her place among Scottish Folk Royalty – along, of...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: March/2021
Monstruos y Duendes Vol 1: Myfyrio
So many non-Spanish guitarists have fallen under the spell of flamenco that it might almost be considered a sub-genre of...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: May/2020
Trumpet King Zeal Onyia Returns
When Louis Armstrong toured West Africa in 1961, he dubbed Onyia ‘the highlife hep cat of Nigerian jazz trumpet.’ One...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2019
Maestros del Joropo Oriental: ¡Y Que Viva Venezuela!
Venezuela is more than Hugo Chavez, the Bolivarian revolution, Gustavo Dudamel and the Orchestra Simon Bolivar. Yet all have contributed...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Apr/May/2010
The Other Side of the Air
Canadian Jayme Stone can count his banjo playing as being just the beginning of a host of achievements on this...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: March/2014
Suomiklezmer2
Hop on the last metro out of Helsinki city centre. Nighttime revelries fade away as the doors slide closed and...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: August/2024
Bush Lady
At last! The legendary and long out-of-print album Bush Lady, Alanis Obomsawin's first and only music recording, is getting the...
Reviewed by Marc Fournier in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Mokum
To celebrate their 15th anniversary, the Amsterdam Klezmer Band wanted to release a special album that would offer a retrospective...
Reviewed by Ton Maas in issue: July/2012
