Reviews
Outstanding
Outstanding was recorded by a Montréal-based group of Canadian and Cuban musicians, Timba MM (pronounced ‘timba emmay emmay’). The accompanying...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: November/2021
La Rumba SoYo
This is the sixth album (excluding a retrospective compilation) of Ricardo Lemvo's Afro-Cuban music – a blend of salsa with...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Meluta
Finland's Antti Paalanen, as a former pupil of the great Kimmo Pohjonen, learned not only to become a brilliant accordion...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Eadarainn a’ Chruit: Between Us the Harp
Marshalsay’s second album focuses on the three different harps of Scotland (the lever harp, the wire-strung clarsach from the Gaelic...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: January/2026
No Rastro de Catarina
Cátia de França is a singer and songwriter from João Pessoa, Paraíba, a city in the northwest of Brazil, which...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: August/2024
Synthetic Hearts Part II
Last year I gave Synthetic Hearts by Asanda Lusaseni Mvana (aka Msaki) and Tubatsi Mpho Moloi, four stars – and...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: September/2024
Carmen 404
With this fourth album, the French-ish quartet Lolomis continue to provide high-grade, adventurous splicings of hard electronics and sylvan folk....
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: February/March/2025
Malmin Med Åshild Vetrhus
With rugged fjords, stony cliffsides and fishing villages, Rogaland in Norway is also home to a remarkably raw-sounding tradition of...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: May/2025
Asar
Pakistani singer Muslim Shaggan comes from an impressive lineage of vocal musicians in two ways. Firstly, his grandfather and teacher...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: June/2025
