Reviews
The Gloaming
Their live performances last summer positioned The Gloaming as one of the most exciting developments in Irish traditional music in...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: March/2014
Word of Mouth
Most musicians, when they make an album, head for a recording studio full of sophisticated equipment. Seth Lakeman has an...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2014
Build Me Up From Bones
The prolific, popular and talented Texas banjo player and singer Sarah Jarosz tries out a new sound on this, her...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: March/2014
Eve
Dedicated to ‘the women of Africa, to their resilience and their beauty, Kidjo’s tenth studio album features the voices of...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2014
Into the Dark
Swelling unison riffs, ringing drones and lattice-work accompaniment: Into the Dark is a celebration of American string playing par excellence....
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: March/2014
Eva
An Algarve-born singer of Cape Verdean extraction and a founding member of the MTV award-winning group Nu Soul Family, Dino...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: March/2014
In Memory of Ethiopia’s Greatest Azmari
Chalachew Ashenafi & Ilita Band
After the success of the Netherlands’ band The Ex’s collaboration with Getatchew Mekuria, Terrie Hessel, the band’s guitarist, has issued...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: March/2014
Makan
Driss El Maloumi’s previous solo album L’Âme Dansée showed him to be one of the most promising oud (lute) players...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: March/2014
Meeting of the Legends
These are two immensely talented musicians, each highly regarded in their own fields, and it really shows in the playing...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: March/2014
Through the Eyes of the Sun
Bulgarian singer Gergana Dimitrova will be familiar to many as a member of the women’s vocal ensemble, the Eva Quartet....
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2014
