Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis
Stassinopoulou has aptly described herself as a ‘Balkan ethno-trance artist’ and a practitioner of techno-folk psychedelia. I’ve been listening to...
Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: November/2016
Rachael McShane & The Cartographers
‘The Molecatcher’, the first track of Rachael McShane's terrific album with her new band, The Cartographers, sets the tenor of...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2018
Born out of classical ‘jam sessions’ at a café in metropolitan San Francisco, The Musical Art Quintet developed their stylish...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: July/2012
Last year, we praised Sara Correia’s first adult album (she had released a previous one in her adolescence) as a...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: December/2020
Since quitting legendary reggae outfit The Gladiators in 1987, Clinton Fearon hasn’t changed much. Instead, his Seattle-based Boogie Brown Band...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: July/2014
Chartwell Dutiro is the artistic director of the Mhararano Mbira Academy in Devon, England. He is one of the leading...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2014
Three years ago Kronos Quartet released an album titled Folk Songs, a journey into Appalachian tradition featuring guest singers Sam...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2020
There many reasons to admire singer Maria Mazzotta: for her voice, of course, so brilliant, intimate and dramatic; for her...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: May/2020
Sometimes there is a collision of two different musical worlds that just fits so well that you can't believe it...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
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