Reviews
Varokaa! Hengenvaara
Suistamon Sähkö exist in their own colourful world and, every so often, I’m glad to say, they let us in....
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: October/2021
Castellum Honesti
Castellum Honesti was originally recorded in Dublin and released in 1989. The fact that a band from Galicia should end...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: October/2014
Sing It for a Lifetime
Heidi Talbot’s latest album is borne from separation and adversity – recorded in a home in the process of being...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2022
Legado de Carlos Paredes ao Mosteiro dos Jerónimos
If you are familiar with Portuguese guitar, you should have by now come across the names of Artur and Carlos...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: April/2023
Bad for Business
Welcome to the Nashville living room of Adrian and Meredith Krygowski, where they and a few friends have worked on...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: November/2021
Traversées
The Samaïa trio consists of vocalists Eléonore Fourniau, Noémie Nael and Luna Silva, who weave together musical influences from Anatolia,...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: June/2023
Melkutus Party
The zither-like kantele has its roots deep in Finnish history and Venäläinen, on her debut album, embraces its beauty and...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: January/February/2024
The Musical Threads of the Silk Roads
Hailing from the Basque country and sharing a name with the great 14th-century explorer who travelled from North Africa all...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2024
Ye Ankasa | We Ourselves
Jembaa Groove’s 2022 debut album was a highlife highlight (a Top of the World in #177). The Berlin-based group elegantly...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: June/2024
Ago
Brought together by Peter Solo of Togolese funk band Vaudou Game, the five members of Nana Benz grew up in...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2023
