Reviews
Farima
Anyone seeking pure guitar energy and signs of a healthy musical revival in Bamako need look no further. Led by...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: July/2015
Out of Mind
Formed in late 2014, after the sweetly harmonising Carrivick Sisters (guitar player Charlotte and fiddler Laura) joined forces with mandolin...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: July/2016
Vida, Pasión y Tango
When José Libertella died in December 2004, it seemed inevitable that Argentina’s best-known post-Piazzolla orchestra would have to accept its...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Apr/May/2011
Zumra
Amira Medunjanin is Bosnia's most charis– matic contemporary singer of sevdah – the lyrical but melancholy song form that has...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2010
New Era Frequency
Best known as the dynamic frontwoman for Australian roots band Blue King Brown, Nattali Rize (aka Natalie Pa’apa’a) has recently...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2017
Lord of the Desert
‘Dust Devil’, the opening track of Lord of the Desert, is a beguiling piece of downbeat Appalachiana. A familiar melodic...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2018
Sun Shine Soul
Ameranouche, as implied by the name, are a US Gypsy jazz, or manouche swing, trio. Led by guitarists Richard Sheppard...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Itkuja Suite: Invocations on Lament
The itku lamentations of eastern Finland were originally performed at funerals and weddings, usually by women. This cathartic tradition developed...
Reviewed by Wif Stenger in issue: June/2023
