Reviews
Lullabies from Scotland
There are some lovely, sparkly moments in this self-descriptive album from 2015's BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: October/2023
Tarkabarka
Balamuc are a London-based band with a global membership and a clear interest in the music of the Roma, especially...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: October/2023
Days Like Now
This is a super cool album from the Welsh producer and bassist Huw Marc Bennett. Having been widely praised for...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: October/2023
Sonero de Oriente
Arturo Jorge y Su Cuarteto Tradición
If you’re a fan of Buena Vista Social Club, whose eponymous 1997 album was a global sensation, you’ll warm to...
Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: October/2023
When the Dust Settles
Second albums are said to be the most problematic creations, particularly after an outrageously strong debut, like Balimaya Project's Wolo...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: October/2023
Toda un Alegría
It's very difficult to pigeonhole the music of Barcelona's Adriano Galante, although ‘understated Hispanophone quietism with a very distant nod...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: October/2023
Shorelines
Shorelines, the fifth solo album from the Irish multi-instrumentalist is an exciting, inspiring and thoroughly enchanting listen. A collection of...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2023
Timba a la Americana
No messing around for Harold López-Nussa; it's all courses served at once with ‘Funky’, an irrepressible display of groove and...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: October/2023
Avant L’Équinoxe
This Franco-Brazilian quartet is the product of a friendship forged online between France's Sophie Magnani (singer) and multi-instrumentalist Hervé Morisot,...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2023
Some Mississippi Sunday Morning
Ever since the Lomaxes discovered Lead Belly in the Louisiana State Penitentiary in 1933, prison has earnt itself a vaunted...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2023
