Reviews
Catleya: Bogotá Sessions
French-Argentinian producer Krak in Dub recorded this album in Bogotá with an eclectic pool of Colombian talent, reflected in the...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
The Wave
Composer Marcus Davidson has form when it comes to mixing things up musically, blending an ethereal chorus with the intense...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: May/2019
Vari-Colored Songs
Although this is Leyla McCalla’s debut record, anyone who’s seen the Carolina Chocolate Drops live will have been warmed by...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Pingue-Pongue
Paulo Bellinati & Cristina Azuma
Though little of it reaches our shores, there's a great deal more to Brazilian music than bossa nova and 1970s-style...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
I Can Be A Clay Snapper (Lahko Sem Glinena Mesojedka)
Širom, a young Slovenian multi-instrumentalist trio, exemplify a fine balance between improvisation and craft. This, their second studio outing, sees...
Reviewed by Tommie Black-Roff in issue: November/2017
Remembering
Remembering is a curious mix. Mostly made up of self-penned songs, the album marks a new direction for Ross Ainslie...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: December/2015
Pinpeat Music and Songs
Perhaps the most remarkable thing about this music is that it exists at all. During the Khmer Rouge's reign of...
Reviewed by John Whitfield in issue: October/2011
Mediterraneo Ostinato
Stefano Saletti & Banda Ikona are back with their mixture of ancient and contemporary, loads of modal themes, rhythms and...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: March/2022
World Inverted
Estonian fiddler, composer and singer Maarja Nuut has been a favourite in these parts since her 2016 album Une Meeles...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2020
Cervantine
As album openers go, ‘No Rest for the Wicked’ is an epic one. It takes that Central European village-band call-and-response...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: March/2011
