Reviews
‘Live’ in Foix
Tcha Limberger Trio with Mozes Rosenberg
Tcha Limberger is a super-skilled and versatile violinist, who plays in a number of different genres. Sometimes it's Transylvanian folk,...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2018
White Light: The Space Between
O/Modernt, which translates as ‘unmodern’, is the conceptual brainchild of British-born violinist Hugo Ticciati. On White Light: The Space Between,...
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: July/2018
Balance l’Aurore
Garance Louis & the Mitochondries
The genres dipped into are familiar, but it's the idiosyncrasies that this French singer, composer and accordionist brings to her...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: July/2018
Afrique Mon Désir
Laurinda Hofmeyr, Afrique mon Désir Ensemble & Régis Gizavo & #9;
For more than two decades, Laurinda Hofmeyr has specialised in setting the poetry of her native South Africa to music....
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: July/2018
The Crowing
A striking album of fresh explorations into the more obscure corners and bridleways of English music and folklore, The Crowing...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2018
Né La Thiass
Remastered and reissued for this year's Record Store Day in April, and now available on vinyl as well as on...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2018
Music of the Travellers
This well-executed album is something of an oddity, having been produced by a quartet of musicians who all play in...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: July/2018
Trinca de Ases
Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa and Nando Reis are key figures in MPB (Música Popular Brasileira): Gil and Gal arrived with...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: July/2018
Gumba Fire: Bubblegum Soul & Synth-Boogie in 1980s South Africa
‘Bubblegum’ was the catch-all term given to Western-influenced popular music in 1980s South Africa, although the term is highly misleading,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2018
