Reviews

Innamorata

Andrea Terrano

The accompanying press release suggests this is ‘a perfect companion for driving around the Ibizan hills,’ and tunes such as...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

The Inner Indian

Hélène Brunet & Nicola Hayes

This is a duo with a difference: Nicola Hayes is an Australian fiddler who has settled in Brittany and teamed...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

Island Songs

Ólafur Arnalds

Island Songs is the latest project from BAFTA-winning Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds. It sees him travelling to seven different towns...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

Ensen

Emel

Emel Mathlouthi is a Tunisian singer-songwriter whose song ‘Kelmti Horra (My Word is Free)’ became a youth anthem during the...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

Dedicated to the Bird We Love

Oriental Sunshine

Upon its release in 1970, this debut LP from Norwegian psychedelic-folk trio Oriental Sunshine was called by a reviewer in...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

Ingoma

Na Lengo

The Spanish guitarist Gerard Guse and the Kenyan singer Denis Inyani met in Ibiza – where they both now live...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

Brexit Blues

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Certainly not a blues compilation in the sense that might be commonly expected, this set mourns in advance the passing...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

Runaljod: Ragnarok

Wardruna

Einar Selvik is a Norwegian musician, formerly of the black metal band Gorgoroth. Seven years ago he founded the Nordic...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

Je Dis Oui!

Pink Martini

Portland, Oregon's self-described ‘little orchestra’ Pink Martini are augmented once again by the Harvey Rosencrantz Orchestra (who featured on their...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

The Encounter of Vocal Heritage

Voxtra

Migrancy is an inescapable condition of our time, and people in movement to strange places carry remembrances of home with...

Reviewed in issue March/2017