Reviews
Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble
It took the Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble until their fifth album and tenth year to go eponymous. It takes time to know...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
We’re OK. But We’re Lost Anyway
Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp
Is this title an exercise in assured bravado and chutzpah for this Geneva-based band’s fifth album, or is it a...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Devil’s Fiddle
Cezary Duchnowski & Radical Polish Ansambl
The idea of fiddlers selling their soul to the devil for special musical gifts or being linked to the supernatural...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
‘Sai-thaiñ ki Sur
The connection between Wales and the Khasi Hills of north-east India may not be immediately obvious, but it’s the key...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Na Zala Zala
Rey Sapienz & The Congo Techno Ensemble
This is the debut album from Rey Sapienz, who grew up surrounded by the tragedy of the second Congo War...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Picaflor
If this album had been credited to Los Hijos de Bruhn you’d be in no doubt that this is the...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Sound Storing Machines: The First 78rpm Records from Japan, 1903-1912
This remarkable collection from the always high quality label Sublime Frequencies is one of those rare ones that any music...
Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
The Orcadians of Hudson Bay
Premiered at Celtic Connections 2020, this evocative project grew out of the fascination of Orkney-born musician and composer Graham Rorie...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
The Eternal Rocks Beneath
Priddy’s Wolf EP appeared in 2018, garlanded with praise from Richard Thompson. She’s since played the stages of Cambridge and...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
