Reviews
Intersection
Where do you even begin to start with the situation in the Middle East? So many artists have tried to...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2018
Ao Longe Já Se Ouvia
Formed in Oporto in 2012, Sopa de Pedra is a ten-woman a capella group who take their name from a...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: April/2018
Aria
Richard Galliano & Thierry Escaich
The witty liner notes to this collaboration liken the meeting between accordionist Richard Galliano and organist Thierry Escaich to a...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2018
One Rainy Evening
Belgian violinist Naomi Vercauteren studied classical music at the Royal Conservatory of Ghent, where she carried out research into bowing...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: April/2018
Leeroy Presents: Fela is the Future
A French hip-hop and beatboxing hero from the early 2000s, Leeroy is at the controls here as curator and producer...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: April/2018
Radiant Others
We are, perhaps, most familiar with the sound of a clarinet or violin taking the lead in instrumental klezmer music....
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: April/2018
Bare Knuckle
Across 20 years of playing together, Chris Stout and Catriona McKay have developed an international reputation for making striking string...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: April/2018
Vessel of Love
Reggae fans still unaware of Hollie Cook should be very excited. Describing her music as ‘tropical pop,’ the West London...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: April/2018
Medicine Songs
Buffy Sainte-Marie was one of the breakout stars of the early 1960s Greenwich Village folk scene. Not only was she...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: April/2018
Tantabara
Recorded with minimal equipment in a makeshift studio in their hometown of Niamey, the third international release from Niger's Tal...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2018
