Reviews
Alefa Madagascar! Salegy, Soukous & Soul from the Red Island 1974-1984
Another offering from Strut Records' Indian Ocean compilation series, this album of Malagasy songs takes a look at one of...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: November/2019
In the Beginning
In the Beginning is a collaboration between the Danish singer Kira Skov and the Estonian, Copenhagen-based saxophonist and composer, Maria...
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: November/2017
Diversions Volume 2
The Unthanks with Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band
Having fairly recently moved to West Yorkshire, I have to agree with Unthanks pianist and composer Adrian McNally that brass...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2012
Fifteen
For their first new album in six years, The Wailin’ Jennys celebrate a 15-year-long relationship with a nine-track collection of...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2018
Flamenco Mediterráneo
Carlos Coronado likes to establish a musical connection with landscape. Having been born in the Baix Empordà region of Catalonia,...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: June/2024
Argot
Rarely does technological invention deliver such a beautiful result as Argot, the fourth album by Italian pianist Nicoletta Favari and...
Reviewed by Justin Turford in issue: April/2025
Ar Lagad-Bleiz
Breton dance quartet Spontus are renowned for the proficiency of their playing. In their music, violin, bass, acoustic guitar and...
Reviewed by Fred Waine in issue: August/2025
Joropo Music from the Plains of Colombia
Música Llanera is the music of the vast open expanses of the Colombian plains around the Orinoco River, up in...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Mango Mangüé
The Vampisoul label is a gem, constantly unearthing surprises, and this fabulous collection rediscovers the Cuban singer– composer El Gran...
Reviewed by Sue Steward in issue: June/2010
