Reviews

Racines

Joulik

With Racines the French trio Joulik range around the globe. ‘Gwannaw Ay’ includes Wolof proverbs, ‘Dans Mon Ker’ is in...

Reviewed in issue October/2022

In Search of Sources

Jarek Adamów & Marcin Kozak

Unlike the Jarek Adamów album that follows this one, In Search of Sources features two Polish musicians interested in the...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022

Quesaco?

Paris Combo

Paris Combo are an iconic Parisian band, carried by the voice and the twinkling presence of Bénédicte Grimault, aka Belle...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022

Footwork

Lewis Wood

The debut album from English fiddler Lewis Wood is something of a concept album – and it’s a nice concept. Footwork...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022

The Rough Guide to Jewish Music

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Klezmer is by far the most well-known Jewish music genre, to the extent that it is often the only one...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022

Mousehold

The Shackleton Trio

Led by Georgia Shackleton on fiddle and vocals, with Nic Zuppardi on mandolin and Aaren Bennett on guitar, the East...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022

Bak Lås Og Slå

Stampestuen

From thieves to murderers this is a collection of songs about outcasts of Norwegian society in the 19th century. With...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022

The Lions We Are

Dantchev:Domain | DANTCHEV:DOMAIN

Atmospheric and cinematic, The Lions We Are is a journey across spaces and sensations. Permeated by a playful experimentalism, this...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022

Razem

Babra & Megitza

In Polish razem means ‘together’ and this album is a meeting of two bands: Babra from Hungary and Megitza (aka...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022

Houtekiet

MANdolinMAN

When they formed in 2011, MANdolinMAN, a Belgian mandolin quartet, proposed new arrangements of the traditional Flemish repertoire, based on...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022