Reviews

Dumiyah

Pharaoh's Daughter

The sensuous allure of Basya Schechter's voice, along with the exotic arrangements and performance style she brings to the group...

Reviewed in issue March/2015

Erros

Eléonor

Elly Aerden, the birth-name of the artist known as Eléonor, sets great store on the fact that Latin is an...

Reviewed in issue March/2015

Astrakan Project B

Simone Alves & Yann Gourvil

The follow-up album to the pair's Astrakan Project features more bracing Breton gloominess by this talented couple. The disc is...

Reviewed in issue March/2015

Gon’ Boogaloo

CW Stoneking

Australian bluesman CW Stoneking's last album, Jungle Blues, made the international scene sit up and take notice. The mix of...

Reviewed in issue March/2015

It is Time for You to Return

Jozef van Wissem

Jozef van Wissem is a baroque lute player and self-styled avant-garde composer who recently came to prominence for his soundtrack...

Reviewed in issue March/2015

Movimento

Aline Frazão

You could say that Aline Frazão is the Mayra Andrade of Angola – a singer who has made a concerted...

Reviewed in issue March/2015

Swimmings of the Head

Kate in the Kettle

Scottish fiddler, composer and singer Kate Young plays in two English folk ensembles: vocal and fiddle quartet Carthy, Hardy, Farrell...

Reviewed in issue March/2015

Nahadin

Hijaz

Hijaz are a world-jazz quartet centred around the oud and piano of Tunisian-born Moufadhel Adhoum and Belgian-Greek pianist Niko Deman,...

Reviewed in issue March/2015

Massilia

Massilia Sound System

Massilia Sound System celebrated their 30th anniversary in 2014, a phenomenal achievement for any band. In their native France they’re...

Reviewed in issue March/2015

D’Amore e di Altre Cose Irreversibili

Flo

This is a mature debut from the singer Floriana Cangiano, who draws on her Italian roots and combines Mediterranean folk...

Reviewed in issue March/2015