Reviews

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

The Seven Suns

John McSherry

John McSherry's second solo outing proves to be a lyrical and lively celebration of Ireland's rich hinterland of myth and...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: March/2017

Singles: The Definitive 45s Collection

Sun Ra

There are still many notable gaps in the history of the mysterious composer and bandleader Sun Ra. Born in Birmingham,...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: March/2017

The Eternal Return

Irfan

Nigh on 30 years from the coining of the term, there remains a certain oddity in styling oneself a ‘world...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2017