Reviews

L’Herbe de Détourne

Sourdurent

Quirky Swiss label Bongo Joe can almost guarantee a splendid left-field time for all. This is no exception. The French...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2023

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Tellefs

‘Why combine Norwegian Hardanger fiddle tunes with Irish reels and jigs?’ asks Tellef Kvifte. A good question, but given Kvifte's...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2023

Ramuntcho Matta

Ramuntcho Matta

My, what a curious album this is. If you struggle to determine an overriding aesthetic, that's maybe half the point....

Reviewed in issue August/September/2023

Songs from Severn Grove

Ivan Moult

It's a dreamy, laid-back soundscape that Cardiff-based singer-songwriter Ivan Moult serves up on Songs from Severn Grove, his third studio...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2023

The Endless Coloured Ways

VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists

There is a new biography of Nick Drake out on the shelves, and this double set comprises 23 covers of...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2023

Substrat

Guillem Ballaz

Guillem Ballaz is a musician and musical historian who has set out to explore and revitalise the Catalan folk songs...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2023

Curannera

Yarákä

This is an album which is embedded very much within a particular place, Taranto in Southern Italy, where the three...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2023

Stories of Stonia

Mari Kalkun

Singer Mari Kalkun is a native speaker of Võro, an endangered South Estonian language, not easy even for speakers of...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2023

From Skopje With Love

Baklava

This is an album whose appeal grows with repeated plays. Like many artists from the Balkans, vocalist Elena Hristova's first...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2023

Stretching Skyward

Gnoss

Gnoss (like Talisk, Eriska and TRIP) are part of Glasgow's lively music scene, though the band originated in Scotland's Northern...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2023