Reviews
Hello Cabo Verde
‘Fazê Gat’, the opening track on this rather lovely album, finds Adê singing gently in a duet with fellow Cape...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2022
The Book of Transfigurations
American singer Julia Úlehla and guitarist Aram Bajakian are the core of Dálava, a Vancouver-based collective. Their source material lies...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: August/2017
Ar De Nha Terra
A veteran singer-songwriter old enough to remember independence from Portugal, Paris-based Cape Verdean Jorge Humberto has a reputation as a...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2010
Le Solas Faoithine
It’s been a wait for a follow-up to Jack Warnock’s debut EP in 2013. A decade on, the County Derry-born...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: January/February/2023
Got to Be Tough
The first Toots and the Maytals release in over ten years is a big deal for reggae enthusiasts. The 77-year-old...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: October/2020
Aye
Martyn Bennett, a native of St Johns, Newfoundland, who grew up in Speyside with his mother, the singer and folklorist...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2012
Flying into Mystery
Bowed but definitely not beaten by pandemic isolation, Moore responds with one of his finest offerings in years. Flying into...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: March/2022
Stradivarius in Rio
Viktoria Mullova’s 2012 autobiography From Russia to Love describes how at the age of 24 she fled Soviet Russia in...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: June/2014
Fire Draw Near
Fire Draw Near is a bewitching baker's dozen of often rough and raw but altogether relishable recordings. Compiled by Lankum's...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: November/2021
