Reviews
Kin Sonic
There's a lot of laughter in this second album by the Congo's Jupiter & Okwess. Dramatic, over-the-top ‘mwa-ha-ha's from the...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: August/2017
Fiat Lux
Tarta Relena – Barcelona-based singers Helena Ros and Marta Torrella – was born in 2016 out of a project to...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: May/2022
El Hal/The Feeling
El Hal/The Feeling is the first album in five years from the Anglo-Moroccan septet, led by the gimbri and voice...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2021
Marshall Allen Presents Sun Ra & His Arkestra: In the Orbit of Ra
This is a real treat. If you’re not familiar with Sun Ra then you are missing out on one of...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
The Flood
In 2003 the harpist Andy Lowings set about creating a playable replica of the earliest known stringed instrument, the Gold...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2015
Music from the Source
As they celebrate 25 years, this double CD is clear proof that Riverboat Records is Britain’s most prolific and wide-ranging...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2014
Ulaid
John McSherry, Dónal O’Connor & Seán Óg Graham
Proof that virtuosity isn’t all about ego, volume and speed comes in the form of this appealingly relaxed debut from...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: March/2016
Aurora: Remixes & Originals
To celebrate Azymuth’s 40-something years and 25 studio albums together, the band’s label, Far Out, commissioned an album full of...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2013
Melanie
L’Orchestre Afrisa International
These are new recordings of classic repertoire, mostly from the 70s and 80s, when Tabu Ley Rochereau led this wonderful...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: June/2017
The Borametz Tree
There's a lot to enjoy under The Borametz Tree, a musical interzone from Cambridge guitarist C Joynes, encompassing desert blues...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2019
