Reviews
Arv og Slarv
Norway's Tone Prize is a prestigious award for young singers. It was won two years ago by the 18-year-old Mari...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: August/2017
Estampida
The ‘stampede’ in Victor Herrero’s album title is actually more of a gentle trot around the sweet major and sadder...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2014
Las Olas de Niebla
Virtuoso guitar player and composer Eduardo Niebla has a 40-year history of genre-crossing collaboration behind him and his latest offering...
Reviewed by Douglas Macgregor in issue: July/2019
In Galway
The most recent studio albums by the genre-defying Sharon Shannon, such as Saints and Scoundrels and Flying Circus, have found...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: November/2015
La Tercera Vision
Argentinian musician, DJ and programmer Lagartijeando (aka Mati Zundel) plays Andean-inspired electronic folk with a psychedelic lite touch; there’s always...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: January/February/2022
Dance to the Sun
Turkey has no shortage of baglama (lute) masters working on new forms of expression, and Europe has no shortage of...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Cavaquinho Cantado
The cavaquinho is an ancestor of the ukulele and has a long-standing tradition in Portuguese music, particularly in the northern...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
West to West
If you had to sum up Nii Okai Tagoe in the reductionist shorthand pigeonholing that the modern world demands, ‘Ghanaian...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Coat-Tails Flying
Being able to play just about any kind of music on any kind of squeezebox (with buttons, that is), John...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: December/2017
Cape Jazz Series Vol 4: Musical Democracy
It would be crass to call the Cape Jazz Band ‘South Africa’s Buena Vista Social Club.’ But somebody’s got to...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2014
