Reviews
Abrazo
Warm, tango-inspired runnings from the Paris-based duo of accordionist Vincent Peirani and soprano saxophonist Emile Parisien, whose palpable rapport has...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: December/2020
Vikings Memories
SKÁLD take their name from the Norse balladeers who told tales of gods and men in the medieval past. The...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: December/2020
Faerie Fire Dances
Marc Block has been on the folk scene since the mid-1980s, a self-described ‘rootsy Radical Faerie singer of original and...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2020
The Rough Guide to Urban Mali
This is the music you hear all around the Malian capital, Bamako: in shops, in taxis, in trendy bars, in...
Reviewed by Bram Posthumus in issue: December/2020
Blue
On your first listen to this album, you’ll be immediately struck by its ‘crossover’ nature – the fusion of baroque...
Reviewed by James Roriston in issue: December/2020
Akalaka/The Power
Victor Chukwu/Uncle Victor Chuks
This release marks the reissue of two LPs from the comparatively little-known Nigerian highlife musician Victor Chukwu. They originate from...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: December/2020
Escape Plan
Since first hearing Thornato’s edits of dancehall and Afro-Colombian folk music in the early 2010s, it’s remarkable how his MO...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: December/2020
Hireth
A few accordion notes conjure the scene. Noir. Tanya Brittain makes her entrance: a wronged woman, bent on revenge. ‘Don’t...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: December/2020
