Reviews
Kachupada
With Verdade, her 2010 release, Carmen Souza introduced herself to the world as a kind of Cape Verdean Diana Krall....
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: March/2013
Rhythms of Tof Miriam
If, like me, you have a reptile-brain suspicion of recordings that bring together New Age sensibilities with world drums and...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: July/2020
303
Combine the following ingredients – trumpet, guitar, mandolin, banjo, lute harp, lyre harp, dulcitone, chimes, cornet and bowed psaltery –...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2020
Rough Romanian Soul
Record producer, field recordist and author Ian Brennan is an interesting character, going off the beaten track to record music...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
The Rough Guide to Celtic Music
On the plus side, this is a substantially more satisfying compilation than the now-deleted 2005 collection of the same name....
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2014
Nordic Choro
You might describe choro as having the sensibilities of classical music alongsidethe earthiness of street music. It grew up in...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Music to My Ears
If Ricky Skaggs has ever made a bad record, I haven't heard it. Music to My Ears perfectly complements last...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Apr/May/2013
Samba Esquema Novo ‘de Novo’
She's her mother's daughter, all right. Her voice may not yet be the national treasure that Joyce Moreno's has become,...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2016
Jump the Fire
California-based vocalist and clawhammer banjo player Evie Ladin shut herself away in a damp, dark cabin to compose the songs...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
