Reviews

Proa

Tremor

For anyone who thinks Argentina is only about tango, then think again. Over the last decade, a new mashed-up sound...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014

The Tall Islands

Salsa Celtica

As a firm fan of both Celtic and Latin music, I initially dismissed the idea of a band fusing the...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014

Salam

Al Andaluz Project

Like Al Andaluz Project's first collection of Sephardic songs, this album is dogged and literal, breathing the air of the...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014

The Musical Voyages of Marco Polo

Kyriakos Kalaitzidis

This musical romp along the Silk Road imagines the musical cultures the 13th-century explorer Marco Polo may have encountered on...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014

Senegalesa

Faba Loba

Senegalese griot styles, Cuban sassiness, Afro-funk power, slamming dance floor beats and swirling layers of electronica are all thrown into...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014

Meeting Point: Live at the Liverpool Philharmonic

Aly Bain, Ale Möller & Bruce Molsky

Recorded live at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, this stirring album brings together Scottish fiddling from the ubiquitous Aly Bain with...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014

Copperdollar: The Back of Beyond

VARIOUS ARTISTS

This is the work of DJ Marc Stylus, resident disc spinner with the freaky immersive theatre company Copperdollar. Emerging out...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014

Transatlantic Sessions Series 6, Volume One

VARIOUS ARTISTS

What started nearly two decades ago as an elegantly simple idea for a TV show – gather together some excellent...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014

Ibibio Sound Machine

Ibibio Sound Machine

Given Nigeria's powerful musical tradition and the strong expat Nigerian community in the UK, it's perhaps surprising we haven't heard...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014

Sicilia Araba

Milagro Acustico

This album is the latest instalment of a longstanding project to reimagine the music created by the Arab population of...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014