Reviews

Adroneline

Homebound

Led by the German concertina and hurdy-gurdy player Thomas Zöller, Homebound are a seven-piece world music fusion band who have...

Reviewed in issue November/2016

Wolno!

Mosaik

It's amazing how much has happened on the Polish traditional and folk scene in the last decade. There's both the...

Reviewed in issue November/2016

Radio International

Kefaya

As a favourite at various UK festivals, international collective Kefaya – led by UK-based guitarist Giuliano Modarelli and keyboardist Al...

Reviewed in issue November/2016

Come With Me

Dana Immanuel & the Stolen Band

“Dana Immanuel… isn’t she that trans singer that won the Eurovision Song Contest a while back?” “No Mum, that would...

Reviewed in issue November/2016

Unsongs

Moddi

The 29-year-old Norwegian singer-songwriter Moddi who, like a Scandinavian Billy Bragg, combines his music with left-wing political activism, hit upon...

Reviewed in issue November/2016

Evolutsiya! 40 Best and Rarest 1991-2016

The Ukrainians

This double album marks the 25th anniversary of the intriguing phenomenon known as The Ukrainians. The band formed almost by...

Reviewed in issue November/2016

Black Peak

Xylouris White

The duo that is Xylouris White – Cretan lute player (and Greek music royalty) George Xylouris and Melbourne-born drummer (and...

Reviewed in issue November/2016

Amerli: Refugees for Refugees

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Muziekpublique is a non-profit organisation based in Brussels that seeks to bring together musicians from different cultures now resident in...

Reviewed in issue November/2016

Al Nge Taa

Jan Galega Brönnimann, Moussa Cissokho & Omri Hason

The Swiss woodwind player Jan Galega Brönnimann plays some of the lowest clarinet you’re ever likely to experience – on...

Reviewed in issue November/2016

InConcept

Notify

Cross-genre fusion, particularly between jazz and traditional styles, is a very tricky thing to pull off without sounding contrived, derivative...

Reviewed in issue November/2016