Reviews

Nouvelle Calédonie: Voix des Rivages et des Montagnes

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Music from New Caledonia – a little-known French colony in Melanesia, midway between Fiji and Australia – is, well, little...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2010

VisaFree

RotFront

A Ukrainian, two Hungarians, an Australian and five Germans walk into a recording studio, and… well, I wish I could...

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Aug/Sep/2011

Semitics

47SOUL

It’s been said 47SOUL are a band rooted in the Palestinian diaspora. Surely ‘uprooted’ would be more to the point....

Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: October/2020

Babani Koné

Babani Koné

I'm always wary when I read that an artist wants to ‘broaden their audience’ and make an ‘international’ album –...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: March/2020

Aim

MIA

Mathangi Arulpragasam – better known as the artist MIA, whose songs for the film Slumdog Millionaire earned her Oscar and...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2016

Up and Away

∑tella

While unapologetically poppy at heart, there’s a redeeming musical depth and (there’s no other word for it but) ‘soul’ to...

Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: August/September/2022

All in Always

Laura Cortese

Most records represent a step forward, or sideways, away from their predecessors. With All in Always, Laura Cortese has made...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: April/2017

Acoustic Accordions

Michael Nyman & Motion Trio

Motion Trio are three Polish accordion players: Janusz Wojtarowicz, Pawel Baranek and Marcin Galazyn. Since their debut CD, Pictures from...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2010

Tempo Dos Mestres

Fabiano Do Nascimento

Brazilian classical guitarist Fabiano Do Nascimento released his superb debut album Dança do Tempos (Dance of Time) in 2015. On...

Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: November/2017

Tariq

Jaume Compte & Nafas Ensemble

The composer Jaume Compte has explored the music of southern Europe and the Middle East with a number of different...

Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: June/2015