Reviews

Charlatan de Balkan

Magnifico

Magnifico – born Robert Pešut – is a Slovenian singer-songwriter whose eclectic music making and willingness to employ humour and...

Reviewed in issue December/2016

Sunday Morning Sessions

Thrace

Thrace is a quartet of musicians formed around classical cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras, a long-serving member of Pierre Boulez's Ensemble Intercontemporain....

Reviewed in issue December/2016

Aim

MIA

Mathangi Arulpragasam – better known as the artist MIA, whose songs for the film Slumdog Millionaire earned her Oscar and...

Reviewed in issue December/2016

Brothers & Sisters

Lakuta

Lakuta are based in Brighton, but have influences that stretch far further afield. Their name is a Swahili term that...

Reviewed in issue November/2016

Come 2 Me

Ilaria Graziano & Francesco Forni

In 2015, Ilaria Graziano and Francesco Forni delighted their native Italian audiences, as well as overseas listeners, with the Irish-tinged...

Reviewed in issue November/2016

A Selection of Ever-Popular Favourites

Dom Flemons & Martin Simpson

This live recording from the duo's UK tour last autumn features a set of old-time vaudeville and music hall songs,...

Reviewed in issue November/2016

Late Junction Sessions: Unpopular Music

VARIOUS ARTISTS

This intriguing collection of recordings was put together by BBC Radio 3's Late Junction programme, and it serves as fine...

Reviewed in issue November/2016

Adroneline

Homebound

Led by the German concertina and hurdy-gurdy player Thomas Zöller, Homebound are a seven-piece world music fusion band who have...

Reviewed in issue November/2016

Wolno!

Mosaik

It's amazing how much has happened on the Polish traditional and folk scene in the last decade. There's both the...

Reviewed in issue November/2016

Radio International

Kefaya

As a favourite at various UK festivals, international collective Kefaya – led by UK-based guitarist Giuliano Modarelli and keyboardist Al...

Reviewed in issue November/2016