Reviews
American Patchwork Quartet
The clue is in the name. This terrific quartet led by visionary roots guitarist/vocalist/arranger Clay Ross celebrate America’s Indigenous folk...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2024
Grande Coisa
The title of the Swedish label’s latest Brazilian release translates as Big Deal! This self-effacing singer-songwriter has waited till age...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: January/February/2024
Senga
Portuguese singer-songwriter Inês Loubet spent five years travelling from Portugal through Brazil, to London, inspiring this, her debut album. It’s...
Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: June/2024
Be The Sky
Tenzin Choegyal & Philip Glass
Be The Sky is a heartfelt tribute to the 90th birthday of H.H. the Dalai Lama by his...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: February/March/2026
Northern Light, Gambian Night
The Gambian kora player Amadou Bansang Jobarteh awoke many Western listeners to African music two decades ago, and now Dawda,...
Reviewed by Sue Steward in issue: October/2011
Lo Mau d'Amor
Singers Paola Lombardo and Valeria Benigni are vocalists with distinctively different qualities: the former retaining her jazz upbringing, the latter...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: June/2011
Sleepless Nights
Sleepless Nights is a palatable musical aperitif for those uninitiated into Indian classical music, as well as being pleasant drive¬time...
Reviewed by Kulbir Natt in issue: July/2010
PAN Project
Taking their name from the Korean music-storytelling tradition pansori – meaning ‘to gather’ or ‘come together’ – PAN Project is a...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: March/2022
Armenian Spirit
One has to admire Jordi Savall, now bravely continuing the campaign he and his wife, the singer Montserrat Figueras, had...
Reviewed by Michael Church in issue: March/2013
Sea Song Sessions
Jon Boden, Seth Lakeman, Ben Nicholls, Emily Portman & Jack Rutter
All aboard with the salty crew of Jon Boden, Seth Lakeman, Ben Nicholls, Emily Portman and Jack Rutter, launching the...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2022
