Reviews
In Sciô Ton
One of Italy's many musical treasures, trallalero is an urban group-harmony singing from Genoa, organised around at least eight singers...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Gaelré
Gaelré sees Belfast's Gráinne Holland delivering a spellbinding follow-up to her 2011 debut Teanga na nGael. Reunited with arranger and...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
La Grande Dame de la Chanson Creole
The French chanson tradition has shone a spotlight on many great singers through the years, singers as varied as the...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Salt for Svanetia
This arty offering from the stupendous Moishe's Bagel, known for their intelligent reworkings of the traditional klezmer and Balkan canons,...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Racines
The Ivory Coast reggae singer Tiken Jah Fakoly continues his penchant for melding Jamaican and West African styles, going a...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
MistO-MistO
The press release talks of a ‘primordial soup,’ the cover art suggests something cosmic and funky in a Fela Kuti...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
AMzer: Seasons
No one could dispute that Breton musician Alan Stivell almost single-handedly revived global interest in the Breton harp and, indeed,...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Finding Anyplace
There are quite a few groups currently out there whose music has one foot in the chamber ensemble and one...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Latin DNA
It's hard to dislike Dorancé Lorza & Sexteto Café as this is passionate and earnest music with a true love...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
