Reviews

Cigarros Explosivos!

Jaro Milko & The Cubalkanics

Switzerland is a land in which little of musical interest ever seems to happen. But Jaro Milko grew up there,...

Reviewed in issue July/2014

Baifang

Hanggai

For their ‘difficult third album,’ Beijing's finest Mongolian band have taken a boldly rocky step on from their traditional roots,...

Reviewed in issue July/2014

Oliver's Cinema

Eric Vloeimans’ Oliver's Cinema

‘For the elderly’ and ‘music to be given a wide berth’ – this is what the young Eric Vloeimans used...

Reviewed in issue July/2014

After the Tempest

Baka Beyond

It was in 1992 that British musicians Martin Cradick and Su Hart conceived their improbable fusion of Celtic and Baka...

Reviewed in issue July/2014

The Art of Mandolin

Simon Mayor

First things first: Simon Mayor is an extraordinarily talented mandolin player. He is clearly a little obsessed: the CD booklet...

Reviewed in issue July/2014

Port

Forabandit

It's the energy and urgency of Forabandit that impresses the most. There's an unstoppable drive about these songs, performed by...

Reviewed in issue July/2014

Queen Between

Susheela Raman

When confronted with an impressive new album, there's always a temptation to hail it as the artist's ‘best work to...

Reviewed in issue July/2014

Viento y Marea

Jerez Texas

Jazz and flamenco are niche genres that have had towering peaks yet are currently in troughs in terms of both...

Reviewed in issue June/2014

Musica Fina

Fernando’s Kitchen

A six-piece UK- based fusion band, Fernando’s Kitchen grew out of a meeting on London’s South Bank between two buskers:...

Reviewed in issue June/2014

Paradise

Dub Inc

Dub Inc are a multicultural force in French music, famous at home for giving Saint- Étienne’s Algerian minority a place...

Reviewed in issue June/2014