Reviews
Tamoj
The Polish group Sutari have always said their music (and name) was influenced by Lithuanian sutartinės, a polyphonic vocal form....
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2023
Made of Music
Over three albums and a decade of vigorous touring, the immaculate, mellifluous troubadour fusions of the Senegalese kora player Maher...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2018
Wild Animals
Trampled by Turtles are a four-piece band from Duluth, Minnesota, who made a major impression in the US with their...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2014
2017
Born near Gao in northern Mali, Gobi certainly has an arresting voice. Her high-pitched, nasal timbre slices mercilessly through the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Putan de Cançon
The latest album by the neo-troubadours of Marseille, or to be more precise, the adjacent port of La Ciotat, opens...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: October/2010
Incoming!
Riot Jazz Brass Band are one of the UK's foremost new brass bands. Taking the template of the pit bands...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: December/2015
Back to the 1780's
Joannes de Gruijtters played Antwerp's carillon (an instrument consisting of several tuned bells) in the 18th century. He compiled a...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Greekadelia
Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis
Growing up in the 1960s and 70s, Kristi Stassinopoulou absorbed influences ranging from Jefferson Airplane and the Velvet Underground to...
Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: October/2012
