Reviews

Nomade Orquestra

Nomade Orquestra

While it's surely purely coincidental that São Paulo's Nomade Orquestra formed in 2012, the same year Azymuth's José Roberto Bertrami...

Reviewed in issue July/2016

Paseo a Dos

Dorantes & Renaud Garcia-Fons

There are some collaborations that work so well you wish they were permanent. One reason for the success of this...

Reviewed in issue July/2016

Chapters of My Life

Moken

This debut recording from the Atlanta-based Cameroonian singer and guitarist reveals a very eccentric persona, Moken's voice creeping from a...

Reviewed in issue July/2016

Lunar Love

Mop Mop

Mop Mop, an Italian instrumental quartet, released the very impressive Isle of Magic album back in 2013. There, they looked...

Reviewed in issue July/2016

Are Watching You

Joey Herzfeld and His So-Called Friends

This job can be hard sometimes. Here we have an album of immaculately arranged, professionally performed songs with well-crafted lyrics,...

Reviewed in issue July/2016

Nordic Choro II

Nordic Choro

The established link between Finland and South American music is tango, which was brought north over 100 years ago. Nordic...

Reviewed in issue July/2016

Strange Country

Kacy & Clayton

Kacy & Clayton are second-cousins from Saskatchewan and grew up a few miles apart in the Wood Mountain Hills, cutting...

Reviewed in issue July/2016

NW

Niteworks

Originating from the Isle of Skye, Niteworks mix traditional and Gaelic influences with electronica to deliver an intriguing and vibrant...

Reviewed in issue July/2016

Out of Mind

Cardboard Fox

Formed in late 2014, after the sweetly harmonising Carrivick Sisters (guitar player Charlotte and fiddler Laura) joined forces with mandolin...

Reviewed in issue July/2016

Hermitage

Jambinai

Portentous track titles such as ‘Abyss’ and ‘Echo of Creation’ hint at the nature of this South Korean trio's crusade....

Reviewed in issue July/2016