Reviews
Paz en la Tierra
Meridian Brothers & Conjunto Media Luna
Musically, this is the most conventional album of Meridian Brothers main-man Eblis Álvarez's career. Colombia's traditional music has always been...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: November/2021
The Sweet Primeroses
An extraordinary and singular recording even 52 years after it first appeared, Shirley Collins' The Sweet Primeroses is one of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2019
Kaustinen Live 2003
Thankfully someone had the good sense to blow the dust off some tapes from this fantastic concert performed a decade...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
The Living Room Sessions, Part 1
Coming fast on the heels of his Nine Decades series – which featured some brilliant tracks from the early days...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: July/2012
Now and Then
The term ‘world music’ has become increasingly vague over the years, and although this recording, from a trio of Romanian...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: November/2021
Halo
This is the Argentinian alchemist Juana Molina's seventh album and it demonstrates a masterful refinement of her sample-based, patchwork approach...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: July/2017
Los Super Seven/Canto
Los Super Seven were, initially, a Tex-Mex supergroup – a studio project formed in 1997 bringing David Hidalgo and CÉsar...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Worlds Kaleid
With the traditional Australian folkie/ bush music scene struggling to remain relevant in recent years – the result of an...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2012
Anamkhara
Piraeus-born Cretan lyra player Kelly Thoma is a pupil of Ross Daly and a part of the diverse group of...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2011
Rey Loj
Chilean singer-songwriter Pascuala Ilabaca dances lightly around Chilean musical styles, mixing them with Indian forms she picked up while studying...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2016
