Reviews
Suites
The third album from veteran Breton violinist Jacky Molard and his instrumental quartet furthers Molard's ongoing mission of crossing musical...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Quick Sparrows Over the Black Earth
The interesting album title has been taken from one of the Greek poet Sappho's fragments. It suggests Cannell seeks in...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Far Out Presents: Friends From Rio Project 2014
Far Out are 20 years old this year and to celebrate they are releasing this, a continuation of the two...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Afro-Colombian Sound Modernizers
South and Central America are dotted with communities made up of the descendants of African slaves who escaped their oppressors....
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Far Out Presents Brazilian Bass
Often electronic music from Brazil is represented either by the laid-back qualities of electronic bossa nova or the rattling beats...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Mängleik
Playfulness is at the heart of this music. There's a real sense of being at a live concert, feet tapping...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Any Other Morning
The cover image of two small figures silhouetted under a vast sky reflects the epic scale at work on the...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Tamburocket Hungarian Fireworks
According to one story, the last music heard by the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the night before going to his death,...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Trésors de la Musique Judéo-Arabe
Another welcome haul through the treasure trove of Jewish-Arab popular song: in this case, it's 13 tracks, including three released...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Tzenni
The latest ascending Saharan star comes not from Mali, as you might expect, but from Mauritania. Singer and griot Noura...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
