Reviews
Astrakan Project B
The follow-up album to the pair's Astrakan Project features more bracing Breton gloominess by this talented couple. The disc is...
Reviewed in issue March/2015
Gon’ Boogaloo
Australian bluesman CW Stoneking's last album, Jungle Blues, made the international scene sit up and take notice. The mix of...
Reviewed in issue March/2015
It is Time for You to Return
Jozef van Wissem is a baroque lute player and self-styled avant-garde composer who recently came to prominence for his soundtrack...
Reviewed in issue March/2015
Movimento
You could say that Aline Frazão is the Mayra Andrade of Angola – a singer who has made a concerted...
Reviewed in issue March/2015
Swimmings of the Head
Scottish fiddler, composer and singer Kate Young plays in two English folk ensembles: vocal and fiddle quartet Carthy, Hardy, Farrell...
Reviewed in issue March/2015
Massilia
Massilia Sound System celebrated their 30th anniversary in 2014, a phenomenal achievement for any band. In their native France they’re...
Reviewed in issue March/2015
D’Amore e di Altre Cose Irreversibili
This is a mature debut from the singer Floriana Cangiano, who draws on her Italian roots and combines Mediterranean folk...
Reviewed in issue March/2015
Again and Again
Often cited as early explorers in what we now call world music, Swedish ensemble Spjärnsvallet first formed in the early...
Reviewed in issue March/2015
The Deepest Lake
Four years since Cannibal Courtship, Dengue Fever's fifth studio album of original material is self-released under the banner of Tuk...
Reviewed in issue March/2015
