Reviews
Onaida
Dutch-born singer and percussionist Natascha Rogers released ‘O Baba’ as the first single from this album, With its strong Yoruba...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: April/2024
Féile Live
Having caught attention with their Belfast Féile Trad Trail debut in 2022, the John McSherry Trio’s first album confirms the...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: April/2024
Family Beyond Blood
Accordionist Almir Mešković was born in Bosnia and violinist Daniel Lazar in Serbia; both grew up steeped in Balkan folk...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: April/2024
Interior
Who said musicians had to stick to one art form? Not the fabulous Rosa Anschütz, a Berlin-based creative – or...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2024
Losean
This is a curious, patchily atmospheric album created by two artists who have never met. JO BISSA is a Dutch...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: April/2024
Needlefall
The music on Needlefall is borne of one region, but two worlds. It finds Durham, North Carolina guitar- and-fiddle duo...
Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: May/2024
Engelchen
Alison Cotton’s Engelchen is both a threnody and celebration, heartfelt, intense and deeply moving in its struggle through darkness to...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: May/2024
Land of My Other
Land of My Other is the third studio album from The Breath, a partnership between singer Ríoghnach Connolly and ex-Cinematic...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2023
Tøyen Sessions
Although all the compositions on this new album by Norway’s Larsen Trio were apparently written by Larsen himself, you might...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: December/2023
Madres
The title of this Berlin-based Peruvian artist’s debut album translates as ‘Mothers’. It’s dedicated to both her mother and the...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2023
