Reviews
Selva
Listen to the opening of ‘Cumbia de la Selva’ and you’ll find yourself unsure where it's taking you. Spain or...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2016
Pajavasara
We all have days when we believe we can split rocks and are immortal (don’t we?). If so, look no...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2021
Sonche Atlántico
This short, finely-crafted album by Galician multi-instrumentalist Pancho Álvarez – his fourth solo record – reveals an artist on fine...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: October/2012
När Isen Går
Duo Systrami have built up a reputation as charismatic performers, playing on the intuitive chemistry they have, being twin sisters....
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2018
Brødløs
Brødløs is the third solo album by the Norwegian multi-instrumentalist Geir Sundstøl. His main instrument is the pedal steel guitar...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: December/2018
Ililta! New Ethiopian Dance Music
You could be forgiven for presuming that, such is the Éthiopiques-fuelled fascination for Ethiopian music from the 1960s and 70s,...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: June/2010
A Night in Abyssinia
A Night in Abyssinia is based on a risky premise. On the one hand, turning in a mostly instrumental set...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: October/2011
Rumbamazigha
Seven musicians gather to create a fusion of Catalan and Amazigh music. Barcelona record label Taller de Musics announces that...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2011
Kassa
We first heard Mali’s Adama Yalomba on the 2003 Festival au Desert compilation. Then the trail went cold again. Kassa...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2010
