Reviews
Alter Ethno
Bulgarian fusion band Oratnitza are of a generation that grew up not only familiar with local folk music, but who...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Diversions Volume 2
The Unthanks with Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band
Having fairly recently moved to West Yorkshire, I have to agree with Unthanks pianist and composer Adrian McNally that brass...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2012
Ahol az Ökör is Bort Iszik!
Magos are a fine Hungarian folk band playing authentic village music, mostly from Romanian Transylvania. They and their violinist Csaba...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2023
Fumaça Preta
Lots of fantastic experimental music has come out of Brazil recently but arguably none of it quite matches the analogue...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Sparrowmania!
Mighty Sparrow (born Slinger Francisco) is now 76 years old and seemingly still per¬forming and occas¬ionally issuing new recordings. With...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2012
Sahari
Born in the Saharawi refugee camps of Algeria, Aziza has made waves across the world with her music, bringing attention...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Sabor a Cuba
This does exactly what it says on the tin – indeed it does so twice, in terms of genre. There's...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Songbooks_Vol_1
The Ligeti Quartet perform a series of pieces by British composer Christian Mason, inspired by two very different traditions of...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: December/2020
Via de la Plata
Playing an album by a Spanish pianist on ACT Music, you might immediately expect to hear some variety of flamenco...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: January/February/2022
Abundance
Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas
The collaboration between Alasdair Fraser, a US-based Scottish violinist and all-round fiddle music evangelist, and American cellist Natalie Haas is...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Apr/May/2014
