Reviews
Lamwong: Freedom Fighters
The musicians from the Acholi tribe in remote northern Uganda were recorded on Lamwong by producer Ian Brennan, known for...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Espontáneo: The Abdala Sessions
Maykel Elizarde, Dayron Ortega Guzmán, & Eduardo Silveira
Meaning ‘Spontaneous’, Espontáneo is more a recording of a coincidental collective than a band per se. While in Havana working...
Reviewed by Gabrielle Messeder in issue: May/2019
Kaani
All credit to hip UK indie label FatCat for picking up this fine album. Kaani (Happy) is actually the third...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2013
Mi Mundo
Go looking for music off the beaten Buena Vista track in Havana, and chances are you’ll come across Brenda Navarrete....
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2018
Sharayet El Disco: Egyptian 80s Disco & Boogie Cassette Tracks
Anyone who travelled in the Arabic world from the 1970s through to earlier this century will recall how cassettes were...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2022
Relke Meto
Malawian musician Happy Mphande's Relke Meto opens with the title-track, a percussion-heavy beat that sets the tempo for the rest...
Reviewed by Jack McBrams in issue: March/2023
A Dotted Line
A quarter-century after capturing the imagination of the bluegrass community as pre-teen prodigies, Chris Thile (mandolin/vocals), Sara Watkins (fiddle/vocals) and...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2014
Summer Hill
The acclaimed young singer-songwriter, guitarist and banjo player from Coleraine in Co. Derry has established his reputation with accordionist Shona...
Reviewed by Tim Camming in issue: July/2010
Round & Round
County Antrim-based Ciaran O'Kane's debut album is a fine and muscular release. Opening with the traditional track ‘The Banks of...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: April/2019
Aria
Richard Galliano & Thierry Escaich
The witty liner notes to this collaboration liken the meeting between accordionist Richard Galliano and organist Thierry Escaich to a...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2018
