Reviews

IIII+IIII

ÌFÉ

Puerto Rico's capital, San Juan, sits on the Atlantic coast, looking out towards the African continent, 5,000km to the east....

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: November/2017

Self Preservation Society

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Three years in the making, these three vinyl discs contain new versions of classic prog, folk and psychedelic rock tunes...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2018

Netsa

Minyeshu

Those who read the interview with her in these pages four years ago (December 2018, #143) will know that Minyeshu...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2022

Pauanne

Pauanne

Pauanne are an eye- and ear-catching trio from Finland. They revel in the darker, pre-Christian sounds of the folk tradition...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2019

Essentially Invisible to the Eye

Karen Tweed

I can't remember ever seeing Karen Tweed's [pictured right] name alone. It has always been Karen Tweed and Ian Carr...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2012

Âmago

Vila Navio

Since 2013, André Coelho Rodrigues has been exploring and perfecting his peculiar take on Portuguese folk music after going through...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: April/2023

Music from Entre Douro e Vouga

VARIOUS ARTISTS

In contrast to the extraordinary field recordings by Michel Giacometti and José Alberto Sardinha all over Portugal during the second...

Reviewed by Gongalo Frota in issue: Jan/Feb/2011

Punk Islands

M’Toro Chamou

For Indian Ocean music aficionados, M’Toro Chamou of Mayotte is no new kid on the block. Since 1998, we have...

Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: June/2016

Milton Nascimento: Original Album Series

Milton Nascimento

Sensing the way the rapt audience on the live album Amigo (1996) hangs on the singer’s every utterance underlines just...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: July/2013

Taranta Container

Nidi D'Arac

Led by Lecce-born singer and author Alessandro Coppola, Nidi d'Arac have mingled traditional repertoires from Salento in south-east Italy with...

Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: July/2011