Reviews
Pura Vida Conspiracy
It’d be a cliché to mention that salty yeast-based vegetarian spread in relation to whether one has a taste forHütz...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: October/2013
Dear River
Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo
Dear River is Emily Barker’s fourth and arguably best album. It is a collection of 11 original songs spotlighting the...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2013
Kaani
All credit to hip UK indie label FatCat for picking up this fine album. Kaani (Happy) is actually the third...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2013
Cyprus Well
Cyprus Well is a terrace of small houses in Launceston, a town just west of the Tamar, the river between...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2013
This Appearing World
Marilyn Crispell, Richard Nunns & Jeff Henderson
This adventurous collaborative recording teams American avant– garde pianist and composer Marilyn Crispell with two Kiwis – reed player Jeff...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2013
The Rough Guide to the Music of the Mediterranean
Though quite pleasant listening, this CD isn’t a comprehensive cross-section of Mediterranean music, but rather a disparate collection of genres...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: October/2013
Week of Pines
On her debut album, Aberystwyth-born Georgia Ruth plays harp, piano, reed organ and bells, and her band features multiple guitars,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2013
Mento, Not Calypso! The Original Sound of Jamaica
Mento, Not Calypso! treats us to more than 50 mento favourites, most from the pre-reggae style’s heyday, from the late...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: October/2013
La Voz de la Zafra
Because Mercedes Sosa (1935-2009) achieved international recognition in her later years, she is popularly imagined as an ageless earth-mother with...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2013
Funk Globo: The Sound of Neo Baile
As the world’s eye focuses on Brazil and its impending sporting exploits, the Brighton-based label Mr Bongo release a new...
Reviewed by Edward Craggs in issue: October/2013
