Reviews

Penya

Penya

Genre-massaging London trio Penya have been making waves for a while now, most especially in the youthful, club-leaning universe populated...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2021

Ekonklo

Adjiri Odametey

Ekonklo is a thoroughly enjoyable hour of gentle West African roots music. Adjiri Odametey is a singer-songwriter from Accra, Ghana...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2021

The Light of the Moon

Gnoss

Forged in Orkney in 2015 by Aidan Moodie (vocals and acoustic guitar) and Graham Rorie (fiddle and mandolin), and with...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: June/2021

4:00 AM

Delgres

France-born and raised Pascal Danaë was in his 30s when he first visited Guadeloupe, the birth country of his parents;...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: June/2021

Me Quité

Héctor Valentín

A gem for Cuban music lovers: a new album from seasoned singer Héctor Valentín, lead vocalist for some of the...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2021

Hunger of the Skin

Brian Finnegan

Hunger of the Skin finds Flook flautist Brian Finnegan putting COVID-19 lockdown purdah to scintillating use with a firing-on-all-cylinders set....

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: June/2021

Visangati

Utsav Lal

Visangati, the name of this album, apparently means ‘Anomaly’ in Sanskrit and Hindi – in other words a deviation from...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2021

Motyle

Tara Fuki

The duo Tara Fuki have been going for 20 years and, having seen them in action, that's something worth celebrating....

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2021

Newcomer

Gráinne Brady

As a young Gráinne Brady was learning the fiddle from her dad in County Cavan, she was also enraptured by...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2021

Binga

Samba Touré

Having started his career as a protégé of Ali Farka Touré in 1997, Samba Touré is now a firmly established...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2021