Reviews
The Half-Finished Heaven
Sinikka Langeland has a unique musical voice, whether she's playing her 39-string concert kantele, her smaller folk kantele, or simply...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2015
Raised by Wolves
Bright Mainland was the 2013 solo debut from this Canadian singer and songwriter, following many years of playing accordion for...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: July/2015
Farima
Anyone seeking pure guitar energy and signs of a healthy musical revival in Bamako need look no further. Led by...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: July/2015
Ramón en Palenque
Papayeras is the name given to Colombian brass bands, full of horns and percussion. In their native country they are...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2015
Nanna
Xavier Rudd & the United Nations
The eighth studio album from the barefoot Aussie troubadour sees him foregoing his one-man band approach, where he multi-tracked countless...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2015
El Alma Lastimada y Otros Poemas
In setting the work of 11th-century Andalusian Sephardic poet Solomon Ibn Gabirol to music, the singer and academic Curro Piñana...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2015
Quaranta
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino
Quaranta, CGS's new release, celebrates four decades of the group's existence. It is awe-inspiring, stirring and soulful; with an array...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: July/2015
Sirventés: Occitan Protest Songs
Manu Théron, Youssef Hbeisch & Grégory Dargent
Those familiar with the recordings by the Marseille group Lo Còr de la Plana over the past decade will recognise...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: July/2015
At Home: Live in Marciac
Fatoumata Diawara & Roberto Fonseca
Recorded live at the Jazz in Marciac festival in south-west France, At Home is a meeting of both minds and...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2015
