Reviews
Seamount
Birlinn Jiarg are a band that was put together by whistle and Anglo concertina player Beccy Hurst to perform the...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2017
Metromonk
The Austrian-born percussionist and composer Manu Delago has become the foremost proponent of the instrument known as the hang, having...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: March/2017
Eu Também
A São Paulo-born, Paris-based sambista who's long been a staple of Brazil's nordeste (north-east) scene, Fernando delPapa combines a career's...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: March/2017
Na Kitabo
The scion of a long line of griots and kora (harp-lute) virtuosi from Casamance in southern Senegal, Kadialy Kouyaté is...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2017
Vieilles Caniques et Nouvelles Caniques
Stanley Brinks & the Old-Time Kaniks
Indie-folk is often terrible: a ham-fisted, middle-of-the-road mush of xylophones and ukuleles that is unashamedly twee and contrivedly cute. Thankfully,...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: March/2017
Made in Africa
The KutiMangoes started with a simple musical goal in mind: Fela Kuti meets Charles Mingus. Such giants in their field...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: March/2017
Running Away With the Circus
The Trans-Siberian March Band's line-up is the expected Balkan spread of clarinets, trumpets, trombones, and alto saxophone, but with a...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: March/2017
Innocent Road
Hitting the ‘play’ button is like cranking up a time machine set to Grand Ole Oprycirca 1960. The easy-chugging strains...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2017
Salsa Vintage
Based in the Netherlands since 1992, Venezuelan percussionist Gerardo Rosales has played with such big-hitters as Oscar D’León, Jimmy Bosch,...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2017
