Reviews

Voices

Ranagri

Ranagri are an Anglo-Irish contemporary folk quartet whose songs have an epic quality, with soaring vocals from Donal Rogers, echoing...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

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Baba Zula

Initially inspired by the Anatolian rock of Moğollar and Erkin Koray, Baba Zula pioneered the concept of Istanbul psychedelia mixing...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

Metromonk

Manu Delago

The Austrian-born percussionist and composer Manu Delago has become the foremost proponent of the instrument known as the hang, having...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

Running Away With the Circus

Trans-Siberian March Band

The Trans-Siberian March Band's line-up is the expected Balkan spread of clarinets, trumpets, trombones, and alto saxophone, but with a...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

Innamorata

Andrea Terrano

The accompanying press release suggests this is ‘a perfect companion for driving around the Ibizan hills,’ and tunes such as...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

The Inner Indian

Hélène Brunet & Nicola Hayes

This is a duo with a difference: Nicola Hayes is an Australian fiddler who has settled in Brittany and teamed...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

Island Songs

Ólafur Arnalds

Island Songs is the latest project from BAFTA-winning Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds. It sees him travelling to seven different towns...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

Ensen

Emel

Emel Mathlouthi is a Tunisian singer-songwriter whose song ‘Kelmti Horra (My Word is Free)’ became a youth anthem during the...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

Dedicated to the Bird We Love

Oriental Sunshine

Upon its release in 1970, this debut LP from Norwegian psychedelic-folk trio Oriental Sunshine was called by a reviewer in...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

Ingoma

Na Lengo

The Spanish guitarist Gerard Guse and the Kenyan singer Denis Inyani met in Ibiza – where they both now live...

Reviewed in issue March/2017