Reviews
To an Isle in the Water
Brisk's music sounds thoroughly and authentically Irish, so it comes as a big surprise to discover the quartet are actually...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: October/2019
Sequana
Since winning best newcomer at the inaugural BBC Radio 3 World Music awards 20 years ago, Massi’s career has followed...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2022
Alambari
At first glance there is something suspiciously ‘arty’ about DakhaBrakha. Attired in exaggerated folk costumes and oversize black lamb-fur head-gear...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: July/2020
Mim Ê Bô
It has been a long wait for Tito Paris to end his self-imposed recording silence of 15 years. A key...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: May/2018
Biester
17 Hippies’ previous release, Titus Träumt (2013), was an album for children to which the Berlin collective brought all their...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2015
Sun God
British fusion band Sunday Driver’s latest release is their first since the EP Flo in 2014. While Flo was a...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/September/2022
Sweet Tooth
Here's a heady blend of ancestral Native American and Canadian First Nations culture and the emotive energy of contemporary free...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: March/2023
To Belfast...
A ruminative opening introduces swelling overdubbed violins; Conor Caldwell's fiddle melody-line rides atop their bank of drones much like the...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
