Reviews

Ready for the Times

Brooks Williams & Aaron Catlow

Last year, rootsy singer-guitarist Williams (US-born but now resident in the UK) teamed up with violinist Catlow (known for his...

Reviewed in issue July/2022

Hafla

Jon Balke’s Siwan

East meets West via North and South in this latest project from Siwan, an international collaboration of musicians headed by...

Reviewed in issue July/2022

Pastourelle

Daniel Bellegarde

Montréal percussionist Daniel Bellegarde’s second solo album continues his fascination with the music of Haiti and the French West Indies,...

Reviewed in issue July/2022

Nagori

Les Fils Canouche

For their fifth full album, the four ‘sons of a Gypsy French poodle’ (as their name translates, roughly) have expanded...

Reviewed in issue July/2022

Mirage

Solana

Founded in Valencia in 2012 as an itinerant acoustic folk trio but now based in Bristol with their current line-up...

Reviewed in issue June/2022

The Liquified Throne of Simplicity

Širom

The Slovenian trio Širom are back with their fourth album fuelled by the search for a reconnection with the remote...

Reviewed in issue June/2022

Lucid

Yaatri

Something fresh from Leeds Conservatoire comes in the form of five-piece fusion outfit Yaatri. The group have attracted comparisons to...

Reviewed in issue June/2022

Where’s the One?

Congotronics International

Kinshasa’s Congotronic axis meet chosen international artists and create an epic, euphoric mash-up celebrating the tenth anniversary of a historic...

Reviewed in issue June/2022

Anyankofo

Total Hip Replacement

Total Hip Replacement’s Anyankofo – a Fante word meaning ‘Friends’ – is an album about just that. This is a warm,...

Reviewed in issue June/2022

Mazel Tov Cocktail Party

David Krakauer | David Krakauer

Clarinettist David Krakauer is the ringleader for this high spirited album that features the Mazel Tov Cocktail Party Orchestra (with...

Reviewed in issue June/2022