Reviews
Quintela
Carme López plays the Galician gaita (bagpipes), but for this debut album she’s dedicated to what sounds like the deep...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: June/2024
Riegádahttin
‘Life is here, can you feel it?’ Mirja Palo’s lyrics don’t shy away from the pain of labour and childbirth...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: June/2024
Ship to Shore
It’s been a fair few years since Thompson’s previous set, 2018’s excellent 13 Rivers. Here it’s more a case of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2024
Azerbaijani Gitara, Vol 2
Bongo Joe Records’ first foray into gitara music from Azerbaijan (the aptly-titled Azerbaijani Gitara by Rüstem Quliyev, released in 2020)...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2024
Creole Orchestra
Big band music in the 21st century can often feel quite dated, so it's refreshing to hear an album such...
Reviewed by Tom Spargo in issue: November/2024
Cañonazo
Pacheco was a co-founder of the legendary Fania Records, and this was the label's first release, as rather than work...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: November/2024
Traditional Singing from Dublin
Macdara Yeates has played no small part in platforming a new generation of Irish folk singers via his stewardship of...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: November/2024
Searching
The press release which calls the second album by the Staples Jr Singers ‘long awaited’ is something of an understatement....
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/2024
