Reviews
The Tall Islands
As a firm fan of both Celtic and Latin music, I initially dismissed the idea of a band fusing the...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: Apr/May/2014
From Night to the Edge of Day
The birth of her first child inspired the Iranian-born Canadian resident Azam Ali to record an album of lullabies as...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Shimmering Lights: Hanukkah Songs
Shimmering Lights: is one of those albums that really takes you by surprise. Seeing Hanukkah Songs in the title, as...
Reviewed by Asher Breuer-Weil in issue: December/2018
Melodi
Kit Sebastian is the London-based duo of Turkish vocalist Merve Erdem and Anglo-French multi-instrumentalist Kit Martin, but you’d be forgiven...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: December/2021
American Music Vol VII
Though the seventh album from Austin's Grupo Fantasma comes after a five-year break from the studio, the band have kept...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2019
Sakai Ishinage Odori
The Sakai Ishinage Odori Preservation Society
This recording, or rather pair of recordings (one from 1982 and one from 2017), is the second release in an...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: April/2019
About Towers
‘New energy for old Belgian music' is the ringing slogan adopted by the five musicians of WÖR. Their mission to...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2021
Mount Royal
Julian Lage and Chris Eldridge
What to call the music played by the two guitar virtuosos Julian Lage and Chris Eldridge? Chamber-folk? Jazz? Alt-Americana? What...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2017
Seven Continents
You would be forgiven for feeling a little nonplussed by the title of this Danish trio's second album. The first...
Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: March/2015
Outstanding
Outstanding was recorded by a Montréal-based group of Canadian and Cuban musicians, Timba MM (pronounced ‘timba emmay emmay’). The accompanying...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: November/2021
