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When he was just 19 years old, John McCusker gave up his place studying the violin at the Royal Scottish...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2023
Noam Pikelny Plays Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe
It might not come as a surprise to those familiar with the music of genius banjo player Noam Pikelny that...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Mente
The Brazilian multiinstrumentalist Thiago Nassif has been active for around a decade, switching scenes from São Paulo to Rio de...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: November/2020
Amoreamaro
There many reasons to admire singer Maria Mazzotta: for her voice, of course, so brilliant, intimate and dramatic; for her...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: May/2020
Joi Sound System
Given that Farook and Haroon Shamsher put out their first singles in the 1980s, it is impressive how current the...
Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Bamako
Hailing from Budapest but now resident in Canada, Lukacs grew up with Hungarian Jewish folk music and trained on the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2023
Blue
On your first listen to this album, you’ll be immediately struck by its ‘crossover’ nature – the fusion of baroque...
Reviewed by James Roriston in issue: December/2020
The Drunken Wind of Life: The Poem/Songs of Tin Ujević
Musical relations between the US and Croatia are of long standing, with some of the earliest recordings of the tamburica...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: October/2015
Um Corpo no Mundo
When Salvador established itself as the ‘African soul’ of Brazil in the mid-20th century, it was the music of Dorival...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
We Are Many
Soothsayers – essentially, the duo of trumpeter Robin Hopcraft and saxophonist Idris Rahman working with a shifting ensemble of musicians...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: January/2021
