Reviews
Ninikamawinan: Songs of Our People
When you consider the juggernaut of American colonisation and the effect it has had on Native Americans, it's amazing that...
Reviewed by James Lascelles in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Càirdeas
Brian Ó hEadhra & Fionnag NicChoinnich
With guitarist Brian Ó hEadhra hailing from Newfoundland (via Dublin) and NicChoinnich from Scotland’s Isle of Lewis, the duo’s third...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
A l’Ombre des Mots
The Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish inspired and collaborated with numerous musicians during his lifetime. The work he left has already...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Apr/May/2010
Bite the Bullet
Of all the retro bands out there, from Tokyo to New York, the nutty London boys of Madness probably did...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2016
Immeasurable Light
One might have thought that the prolific Wu Man – who more or less single-handedly introduced the Chinese pipa lute...
Reviewed by Michael Church in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Fortuna
For a band that makes the bold claim to being ‘the one and only’ Amsterdam Klezmer Band, the outfit has...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: July/2020
Maison de Pierres: Confiné Aux Voyages
Atmospheric, exploratory and stark, Maison de Pierres is the second release in a trilogy of recordings by Le Vent du...
Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: April/2021
1973-1980
Born in Guinea-Conakry, singer and percussionist Amara Touré wandered peripatetically across West African music for 20 or so years –...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Bonfrost
When they got together in 2009 The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc were something of a curiosity: three outstanding string players from...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: March/2021
Bays
Aotearoa's (or New Zealand's) hi-tech, self-described ‘seven-headed soul monster’ doesn’t make studio albums in any sort of haste. This eagerly...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
