Reviews
Arbina
Following her international debut album that was one of the greats of 2014, it's absolutely no bad state of affairs...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: November/2016
Traces of You
This album is certainly Anoushka’s most personal to date, as most of the tracks are inspired by, or in memory...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Songs for the Voiceless
During World War I, the officer class attempted to suppress the marching song ‘If You Want to See the General’,...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Kanéfonyo
Kora player, percussionist, singer, composer, griot and a half-brother of Seckou Keita, Susso has recorded with Norway’s Kristin Asbjornsen Trio,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/September/2022
Shorelines
Emilyn Stam & Filippo Gambetta
Even from just the first few notes of ‘Sunflower Delight’, the opening track on this confident album, it is clear...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Lovely Difficult
Is it world music? Is it pop? It’s hard to be sure. Sung in French, English, Creole and Portuguese, recorded...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: June/2014
Dai Raft
When Afghan Hazara musician Hamid Sakhizada fled his country and moved to Norway in 2016, he found not only a...
Reviewed by Mu Qian in issue: March/2020
A Terrible Beauty
More than half a century after his debut LP, Christy Moore’s first outing on Claddagh Records shows there’s still mileage...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: January/2025
New Music for the Harp of Avalon
New Music for the Harp of Avalon is the latest release from Brighton-based musician and producer Fane. Where Fane’s previous...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: February/March/2025
Spirit of Love
COB is the abbreviation of Clive’s Original Band though Cob, as the trio was sometimes called, is apt. Cob is...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2021
