Reviews
Sunshine Seas
The prolific conservatory-trained musical polymath from Queens, New York is back with another new project. Quite apart from countless sessions...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: July/2016
Made in Malawi
There has sadly been very little international exposure for the music and musicians of Malawi. There is no immediately identifiable...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2015
The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc
Three great fiddlers and three great fiddle traditions. Olav Luksengård Mjelva is from Norway, Anders Hall from Sweden and Kevin...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Lift
Koki Nakano with Vincent Segal
Anything that involves the French cellist and world music adventurer Vincent Segal is always worth hearing. Here, he teams up...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2017
Simmerdim: Curlew Sounds
Orkney-born musician Merlyn Driver grew up listening to the calls of the curlew. It was a sound that made such...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: June/2022
Ghost Owl
Brooks Williams & Aaron Catlow
It's boom time for bird-themed music. Folksinger Sam Lee has his nightingales project; composer Cosmo Sheldrake's Wake Up Calls samples...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: November/2021
Mavra Froudia
Stelios Petrakis, Efrén López & Bijan Chemirani
Very slick and polished, imma– culately performed and recorded, and full of dance-like energy, there's nothing to dislike about this...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: October/2011
I Am of Ireland: Yeats in Song
It’s been done before and often, but never with such silken, seductive charm as here. Readily lending themselves to music,...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2021
Odisseia Tropical
Maybe the nights are drawing in, but this album will bring the sun back and put a spring in your...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: December/2024
