Reviews

Pissourin

Monsieur Doumani

In their latest outing, the amazing Cypriot trio Monsieur Doumani go (more) electronic, and again produce an endlessly inventive take...

Reviewed in issue October/2021

Zonnewachter

Wouter en de Draak

The second album from Wouter en de Draak (Wouter and the Dragon) is a timely reminder of the beauty of...

Reviewed in issue October/2021

Syzygy

Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas

Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser and his longtime musical partner, Californian cellist Natalie Haas, released their first set as a duo...

Reviewed in issue October/2021

Goitse a Thaisce

VARIOUS ARTISTS

A trip down memory lane, Goitse a Thaisce(Come Here, My Darling) is also a clarion call to the uninitiated to...

Reviewed in issue October/2021

Laisvė Šaukia

Saulius Petreikis

This latest 14-track, live recording from prolific Lithuanian multi-instrumentalist Saulius Petreikis and his guitarist brother Donatas Petreikis, came out in...

Reviewed in issue October/2021

Camin Sobiran

Aèdes

Listen casually to this latest release from the Pau-based label in South-West France and you might mistake its minimalism for...

Reviewed in issue October/2021

I Am of Ireland: Yeats in Song

VARIOUS ARTISTS

It’s been done before and often, but never with such silken, seductive charm as here. Readily lending themselves to music,...

Reviewed in issue October/2021

Spanish Roots

Return Trip

Spanish Roots is the second album in Martin Richardson’s Return Trip project, which celebrates the myriad styles that have influenced...

Reviewed in issue October/2021

Yedi Kedi

Balamuc

Hailing from Eastern Europe and elsewhere, the members of Balamuc joined forces in London where they have produced this musical...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2021

Minka

Eva Quartet

The Eva Quartet are undoubtedly the finest current exponents of small group vocal music by Bulgarian composers and arrangers, rooted...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2021