Reviews
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
Suspiro
Canzone napoletana, the world’s best-known Italian popular music, has enthralled Suonno d’Ajere (Yesterday’s Dream) – a young Neapolitan trio employing...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: May/2022
Fado e Amor
Fado fans will hoover up this disc of duets between Carlos do Carmo, who is something of an elder statesman...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: March/2014
From Stage to Stage
If Irish music was to be equated to the Premier League, then Dervish would be West Bromwich Albion – sometimes...
Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Beginners Guide To Brass
You name it, Nascente has a compilation out celebrating it. Now the veteran UK label has given the brass band...
Reviewed by Lemez Lovas in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Maisha
Maisha is an exquisite debut of originals that vividly bring to life the music of the Gogo (also Wagogo) people...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: July/2024
The Runaway
Jimmy Lee & the Edge of Chaos Orchestra
Jimmy Lee is like finding an English Johnny Cash hiding out in the back lanes of West Sussex. This might...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Magnífico Boogaloo
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
Another fine compilation to complement Vampisoul’s cumbia collections, Magnífico Boogaloo features a Peruvian take on a genre tailor-made for dancers....
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2025
The Best of Kathryn Tickell
Kathryn Tickell started playing the Northumbrian smallpipes when she was nine. These are bellows blown with, unlike other bagpipes, a...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2010
