Reviews
To the Awe
With the same band she used for her award-winning Here’s My Heart Come Take It (drummer/producer Mattie Foulds, violinist Lauren...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2020
Calico Soul
The magic of like minds, especially musical ones, is that they often seem to meet serendipitously, and nowhere more so...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2020
Kartushnik
Klezmofobia are a Copenhagen-based band founded by clarinettist Bjarke Kolerus and fronted by singer Channe Nussbaum. Their debut album sold...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Neue Gezeiten
What an inspired blend of instruments Jodelfisch have alighted upon, variously a mix of harp, accordion, clarinet, tuba or cornet,...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Life as a Song: Sephardic Songs from the Balkans at the end of the 19th Century
Shira u'tfila's previous release swept you away with its heady mix of sacred and profane. On their new CD, they...
Reviewed by Dennis Marks in issue: July/2010
The Young Man's Harp
Born in Mali in 1974, Noumoussa Soumaoro – aka Vieux Kanteé – began playing the six-string hunter's harp known as...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2016
Pìob Is Fidheall
When you have renowned piper Iain MacDonald stating an album is ‘as good as it gets’ then you know you...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Put on Your Best Dress: Sonia Pottinger Ska & Rock Steady 1966-1967
Showcasing the work of Jamaican producer Sonia Pottinger, Put on Your Best Dress is packed with rocksteady and its musical...
Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: November/2019
Radio Verde: Cape Verdean Dancefoor Magic
When we imagine Cape Verdean music, swingy, samba-esque percussion, cavaquinho strums and clarinet warbles float happily through the mind. This...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: March/2020
