Reviews
Tu Comu Stai?
These two albums feature different perspectives on Sicilian musical traditions. Trinacria, taking its name from the old Greek name of...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Vou Ficar Neste Quadrado
An experimental fusion of Portuguese folk, introspective soul-searching and out-there electronica, this debut album by Ana Lua Caiano is an...
Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: June/2024
A Loaf of Wax (Live from MOTH Club)
‘Willie’s Lady’ tells the story of a new wife who has more than the usual difficulties with her mother-in-law, who...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: February/March/2026
In Sciô Ton
One of Italy's many musical treasures, trallalero is an urban group-harmony singing from Genoa, organised around at least eight singers...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Nyanza
This is the third album from this Kenya-London collaboration and it's the most satisfying and varied set they’ve created yet....
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: November/2015
Territoires
Québécois supergroup Le Vent du Nord return with their tenth album having recently become a quintet with the addition of...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: May/2019
Island Songs
Island Songs is the latest project from BAFTA-winning Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds. It sees him travelling to seven different towns...
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: March/2017
The Railsplitters
The Railsplitters’ eponymous, fan-financed debut isn't going to set the bluegrass world on fire. But anyone can appreciate the smart...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Apr/May/2014
Wed 21
The Björk comparisons are understandable. Juana Molina’s music layers fractious dance beats and discordant sounds together with her own multi-tracked...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
