Reviews
Natural Selection
Klezmer tunes, the spirit of the Balkans' Roma musicians and Celtic influences from Ireland and Scotland all find their launching...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2019
Future Flora
This superb third album from the Belgian-by-way-of-the-Balkans five-piece continues the winning formula of combining Afro-funk with Ethio-jazz and then mixing...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: June/2019
Foolin' in Time
Cecilia Zabala, Don Davis & Joe Deleault
Languid and loose, filled with clever arrangements and multilingual lyrics placed just so, this long-gestating passion project comes from a...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2019
Uneven Sky
This is a hugely ambitious and timely double album from the New York-based, Syrian-born virtuoso clarinettist and composer Kinan Azmeh....
Reviewed by Douglas Macgregor in issue: June/2019
La Dôtu Lado
Right from the melancholic opening chords of a pair of acoustic guitars, you know you're in for a treat. Coladera...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2019
Santa Plástica
Argentinian folk song has many modes reflecting the topographies and cultures whence it springs. The music of the French-based Caronni...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2019
Live From Celtic Connections 2019
Nearly a quarter of a century on and this group is still corralled by Shetland fiddler Aly Bain and his...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2019
Celia
Not content with simply succeeding Miriam Makeba as the new ‘Mama Africa,’ Kidjo now has her sights on the late...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2019
