Reviews

New Era Frequency

Nattali Rize & Notis

Best known as the dynamic frontwoman for Australian roots band Blue King Brown, Nattali Rize (aka Natalie Pa’apa’a) has recently...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2017

Innamorata

Andrea Terrano

The accompanying press release suggests this is ‘a perfect companion for driving around the Ibizan hills,’ and tunes such as...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: March/2017

The Inner Indian

Hélène Brunet & Nicola Hayes

This is a duo with a difference: Nicola Hayes is an Australian fiddler who has settled in Brittany and teamed...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: March/2017

Darandi

Aurelio

With their lilting, soulful melodies, drums and guitars, the paranda songs of the Garifuna people are one of the world's...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: March/2017

Red Mountain Blues

Chris Murphy

Chris Murphy should be a household name by now, having spent the past 25 years playing with some of the...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: March/2017

Royal Fado

Yolanda Soares

You’ve got to hand it to Yolanda Soares for her keenness in taking fado into a new direction. She began...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: March/2017

Island Songs

Ólafur Arnalds

Island Songs is the latest project from BAFTA-winning Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds. It sees him travelling to seven different towns...

Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: March/2017

Wandering Father, Forgotten Son

Silas Lowe

Wandering Father, Forgotten Son is a tribute to the somewhat fraught relationship between singer-songwriter Silas Lowe and his father, Roy...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2017

Finale

Pentangle

Forty-one years after they first got together and 35 since they split, guitarists Bert Jansch and John Renbourn – both...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2017

Ensen

Emel

Emel Mathlouthi is a Tunisian singer-songwriter whose song ‘Kelmti Horra (My Word is Free)’ became a youth anthem during the...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2017