Reviews
Polaris
Turin-dwelling musicians of southern Italian descent (Oreste Forestieri, Franco Montanaro and Valeria Quarta), delve into traditional forms from the southern...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: March/2023
Recife • 19
While it might not be erupting in the manner of Barcelona or Hong Kong, the north-eastern Brazilian metropolis of Recife...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Doghouse
All is quiet on the Balkan front of late. One exception from the region is this jazzy new release from...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: January/February/2023
Vintage & Unique
Mandolinist John Reischman's relative obscurity outside of the insular bluegrass universe is by no means reflective of his standing in...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Bayview
A generous list of guest players adorns this debut from new trio Project SMOK. They call themselves neo-trad, which means...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2020
Chaos
The French multi-instrumentalist's 26th album begins with the sound of rain and distant thunder, out of which comes a tremulous...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: December/2017
Tamo Doli
Dunja Knebl is one of Croatia ’ s most experienced singers of traditional music; for the past two decades...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Cartagena!
Curro Fuentes & The Big Band Cumbia and Descarga Sound of Colombia 1962-72
Aqui en la costa me vuelve loco’ (Here on the Coast I go Mad). So sings the great band leader...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Apr/May/2011
Perlas & Conchas
The incantation, ‘unidos, existimos’ (united, we exist), that opens this beguiling album suggests a pagan ritual, a mediation mantra, or...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2019
Zone 6, Agege
Soaring highlife horns and harmonies jostle with hip-hop vocals and reggae rhythms to create a thoroughly engaging and very modern...
Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: April/2022
