Reviews
The Tall Islands
As a firm fan of both Celtic and Latin music, I initially dismissed the idea of a band fusing the...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014
Salam
Like Al Andaluz Project's first collection of Sephardic songs, this album is dogged and literal, breathing the air of the...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014
The Musical Voyages of Marco Polo
This musical romp along the Silk Road imagines the musical cultures the 13th-century explorer Marco Polo may have encountered on...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014
Senegalesa
Senegalese griot styles, Cuban sassiness, Afro-funk power, slamming dance floor beats and swirling layers of electronica are all thrown into...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014
Meeting Point: Live at the Liverpool Philharmonic
Aly Bain, Ale Möller & Bruce Molsky
Recorded live at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, this stirring album brings together Scottish fiddling from the ubiquitous Aly Bain with...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014
Copperdollar: The Back of Beyond
This is the work of DJ Marc Stylus, resident disc spinner with the freaky immersive theatre company Copperdollar. Emerging out...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014
Transatlantic Sessions Series 6, Volume One
What started nearly two decades ago as an elegantly simple idea for a TV show – gather together some excellent...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014
Ibibio Sound Machine
Given Nigeria's powerful musical tradition and the strong expat Nigerian community in the UK, it's perhaps surprising we haven't heard...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014
Sicilia Araba
This album is the latest instalment of a longstanding project to reimagine the music created by the Arab population of...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014
Abundance
Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas
The collaboration between Alasdair Fraser, a US-based Scottish violinist and all-round fiddle music evangelist, and American cellist Natalie Haas is...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014
