Reviews
Ondas
French producer Teacher Jekyll's third album is a multi-generational, multicultural affair with an emphasis on traditions from Cape Verde, Brazil,...
Reviewed by Jordan Barnes in issue: June/2018
The Turbans
This is an album that surprises, impresses and leaves you feeling slightly giddy – like a kosh over the head,...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2018
Forest Bathing
The partnership of violinist Heather Trost and accordion and percussionist Jeremy Barnes has moved from indie-leaning beginnings through to fully...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: June/2018
The Next Chapter
If 2016's River Waiting saw Northern Irish quintet Connla anointed as the ‘next big thing,’ their aptly titled follow-up sees...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: June/2018
Moondog: New Sound
Moondog (Louis Thomas Hardin) was an eccentric American composer whose music straddled baroque classical and Native American tribalism. He received...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2018
Black Cowboys
On his third solo album, one of the founders of the Grammy-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops explores the history of African-American...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2018
Yene Alem
Etenesh Wassie & Mathieu Sourisseau
The collaboration between Ethiopian singer Etenesh Wassie and the French bass guitarist Mathieu Sourisseau has already yielded one album back...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2018
Lord of the Desert
‘Dust Devil’, the opening track of Lord of the Desert, is a beguiling piece of downbeat Appalachiana. A familiar melodic...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2018
Songs from the Seasons
York-based Burnell has spent a year or so collecting and rearranging traditional tunes, releasing a song a week with the...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: June/2018
Passionate Voice: Hindustani Classical Music Beyond Borders
Supriyo Dutta & Federico Sanesi
Supriyo Dutta is one of the more established classical vocalists of the younger generation, with a sizeable following in India...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: June/2018
