Reviews
Hugnad
Olav Luksengård Mjelva is the Norwegian member of the Norwegian/Swedish/Shetland trio the Nordic Fiddlers Bloc. An award-winning composer and sought-after...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: June/2022
Ink of the Rosy Morning
Like a number of albums released this year, the root story behind the Cambridge duo’s debut for Topic Records is...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2022
Feather Spines
An unusual New Zealand collaboration between two Wellington-based female musicians who have been working on this project since 2019, Tāmira...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: June/2022
Alchemy
The fun and engaging new album from the indie-folk band finds them celebrating their tenth anniversary by returning to their...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2022
Till Skogen
Climate change, pandemics, wars… there’s an urgent need to raise people’s spirits, so the joy and optimism of Kolonien’s Till...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: June/2022
Saturno 2000: La Rebajada de Los Sonideros 1962-83
Mexican sonidero (DJ) Gabriel Dueñez had been playing a set for five or six hours when his turntable began overheating...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: June/2022
Home
Here’s an interesting oddity. A group of African musicians sing in a makeshift studio on the banks of Lake Malawi,...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: June/2022
A Lifetime Isn’t Enough
Grammy-winning producer/conflict resolution specialist Ian Brennan and Italian-Rwandan photographer/filmmaker Marilena Delli Umuhoza have long provided platforms for the under-represented with...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: May/2022
Karl Hector Presents: Johnny!
The German guitarist and producer JJ Whitefield wears many different musical hats, from his forays into 60s and 70s ethno-funk...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2022
Bem-Vinda Amizade
Even those with only a passing interest in Brazilian music will have heard the song ‘Mas Que Nada’ – a...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: May/2022
