Reviews

Mielo

Maria Kalaniemi & Eero Grundström

It's hard to get beyond the first track ‘Erämorsian’ (Wildwood Bride). I play it again and again, caught up in...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2020

Through That Sound (My Secret Was Made Known)

Eliza Carthy and Ben Seal

A seagull's head on dancer's legs – not at all disturbing or Hieronymous Bosch-like – is artist Kirsty Whiten's cover...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2020

Nemo

Kadialy Kouyate

Kadialy Kouyate is a Longtime London-based kora player. A maestro of the West African 21-string harp-Lute, he is also a...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2020

Alo

Ajate

The second album from the Japanese ten-piece Ajate is full of surprises as leader John Imaeda and his group provide...

Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: July/2020

Say It

Dantchev:Domain

You can imagine a film to go with this album: vast, sweeping landscapes, travellers in the mist, and among these...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2020

Kistvaen

Calan

The title of the fifth album from one of Wales’ most talked about folk bands means ‘Burial Chamber’ and is...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2020

Tombouctou

Al Bilali Soudan

If you Like your desert blues raw and unmediated and think Tinariwen are over-produced, then AL Bilali Soudan is for...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2020

Matricular una Galera

El Pony Pisador

Barcelona's transformation into the definitive postmodern metropolis might well be complete with the release of Matricular una Galera. Though hailing...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2020

Hedûr: Solace of Time

Aynur

If you have seen Aynur in Crossing the Bridge, the successful 2005 documentary by Fatih Akin about music in Istanbul,...

Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: July/2020

Fortuna

Amsterdam Klezmer Band

For a band that makes the bold claim to being ‘the one and only’ Amsterdam Klezmer Band, the outfit has...

Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: July/2020