Reviews

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

Last Evenings on Earth

Melt Yourself Down

‘World fusion’ bands often don’t do much fusing at all. Instead, they might have some ska numbers, an Éthiopiques-style track...

Reviewed in issue July/2016

Det Andre Rommet

Erlend Apneseth Trio

The Norwegian Hardanger fiddler Erlend Apneseth's debut album, released in 2013, possessed a mostly traditional, acoustic inclination. This follow-up is...

Reviewed in issue July/2016

Pearly Clouds

Pearly Clouds

Pearly Clouds are a trio comprising American guitarist Gary Lucas, Hungarian singer Enikő Szabó and jazz saxophonist Tóni Dezső. Lucas...

Reviewed in issue July/2016

World Music

Joseph Tawadros

Still in his early 30s, Australian-Egyptian oud virtuoso Joseph Tawadros has already released a dozen albums, three of which won...

Reviewed in issue June/2016