Reviews

Une Meeles

Maarja Nuut

The 2013 debut album by the Estonian fiddler and singer Maarja Nuut secured her a WOMEX showcase, which those lucky...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2016

Eparaka

Deltino Guerreiro

Eparaka is the first album from young Mozambican singer Deltino Guerreiro. It's been two years in the making, and the...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2016

Rey Loj

Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna

Chilean singer-songwriter Pascuala Ilabaca dances lightly around Chilean musical styles, mixing them with Indian forms she picked up while studying...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2016

NW

Niteworks

Originating from the Isle of Skye, Niteworks mix traditional and Gaelic influences with electronica to deliver an intriguing and vibrant...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2016

Mulher do Norte

Claudia Aurora

There is hardly a greater challenge to any fadista than addressing the immaculate and unbeatable Amália Rodrigues’ repertoire. Amália cannot...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: July/2016

Sunda Country: The Art of the Gamelan Degung

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Gamelan degung is one of the smaller types of gamelan ensembles. This disc, recorded between 1972 and 1973, features two...

Reviewed by John Whitfield in issue: July/2016

Gnoss

Gnoss

Gnoss are young Orcadians Graham Rorie (fiddle and mandolin) and Aidan Moodie (guitar and vocals), and this is a confident...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2016

Nha Sunhu

Eneida Marta

Think of the music of Guinea-Bissau, and the artists that spring to mind are probably men: Ernesto Dabo, Justino Delgado...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2016

Lichtungen

Matthias Loibner

The hurdy-gurdy is an instrument that lurks slightly in the shadows. It appears in a few folk bands, like Blowzabella,...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2016

Yeominrok

E-Do

Although ostensibly a fusion outfit, the South Korean quintet E-Do still sound predominantly traditional in their plundering. Two percussionists and...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: July/2016