Reviews
La Candela del Río
Every decade has its new diaspora, inevitably spawning a new music that speaks to roots and the severing of them....
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2019
Engurland (City Shanties)
Rowan Sawday, aka Dizraeli, is a Brighton based slam poet, rapper and folkish songwriter whose Engurland (City Shanties) mixes urban...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Ravi Shankar: Symphony
London Philharmonic Orchestra & Anoushka Shankar
Ravi Shankar’s Symphony received its world premiere in London’s Royal Festival Hall in July 2010. This is a live recording...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2012
Magnification
Magnifico (Robert Pešut to his mum) is a Slovenian singer, guitarist and parodist. Already very popular in Slovenia, Magnification is...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Umoyo Wa Muthempire (Live in the Temple)
Tonga Boys feat Doctor Kanuska Group
For those in the Malawian countryside, the Tonga Boys from Mzuzu are a band from the big city and the...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: January/February/2022
Párhuzamok és Kontrasztok
Amazingly Muzsikás' last record, The Bartók Album, came out in 1998 and was a Top of the World in #1....
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2020
Hotline
This is an ambitious and impressive suite, as much jazz as it is folk. As a member of Lau, and...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2013
Songs of Exile Vol 1-3
The Naghash Ensemble take their name from Mkrtich Naghash, a 15th-century Armenian poet, priest and painter. Living in the Armenian...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: May/2020
Perfect Tango
The fourth album from the Argentinian-Spanish electro-tango outfit sees them ramping up their sound – the beats are faster, the...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2017
Õunaaia Album (Apple Orchard Album)
Mari Kalkun gave a memorable video stream of this album last spring in the blossoming orchard beside her house in...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2021
