Reviews
Zvony
Adrian Myhr & Michaela Antalová
This is a duo recording of Slovak and Norwegian flutes with double bass. The flutes, played by Michaela Antalová, are...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: January/February/2022
Alegrià e Libertà
Lucilla Galeazzi, Didier Laloy, Ialma, Carlo Rizzo and Maarten Decombel
This feels like a convivial affair – a motley group of musicians coming together, jamming, finding they get along really...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Step Forward Youth
“The marriage of reggae and punk rock,” said Dave Hendley, reggae connoisseur and photographer of many a great album cover,...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: April/2019
Det Andre Rommet
The Norwegian Hardanger fiddler Erlend Apneseth's debut album, released in 2013, possessed a mostly traditional, acoustic inclination. This follow-up is...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: July/2016
Time and Place
When confronted by albums of new, original compositions by an instrumental folk artist, this reviewer must admit to a bit...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: July/2019
Vangaza!
Zambia lies geographically between Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo and is one of the musically less prolific countries...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2015
Soundplaces
Derya Türkan & Sokratis Sinopoulos
Derya Türkan is a Turkish player of the Klasik kemençe, a three-string fiddle played on the lap, while Sokratis Sinopoulos...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: January/2021
A Caribbean Songbook
You may well ask, “what's an album of Caribbean standards doing in the Pacific section?” Well, it makes sense when...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
