Reviews
Odyssee: A Journey Into the Light
Since their conception in 1996, this German outfit has toured the globe, released a raft of albums and scooped countless...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2022
Lanmou Lanmou
Dowdelin (a play on the word ‘dawdling’) are a four-piece band based in Lyon, France, whose name is a bit...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: April/2022
Hour of Solitude
Blue Mantra Rhymes is the brainchild of Ed Cooke, an English ex-pat living and working in Thailand. A number of...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: April/2022
Ingen Mere Gråter
There’s a subgenre called ‘dream pop’ that covers bands from Cocteau Twins to Beach House. Ævestaden’s music could be described as...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: April/2022
Rivers from Ogun
The French-Swiss quartet of organist Cédric Schaerer, drummer Hadrien Santos Da Silva, tenor sax player Arthur Donnot and guitarist Erwan...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2022
Abrazo Abierto
This London-based octet, led by violinist Caroline Pearsall, play for TV shows, dance events and workshops. Unsurprisingly perhaps, the group...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2022
After the City
The Brighton band’s third album is a smokily atmospheric folk noir not a million miles from the fearsome futurology of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2022
Todo el Mundo
Texas-based Colombian musician and lately also stand-up comedian Kiko Villamizar has released his new album Todo el Mundo following the...
Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: April/2022
Marchita
Mexican singer-songwriter Silvana Estrada plays a host of instruments, but says she most often opts for the Venezuelan cuatro guitar,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2022
Yonder Green Grove
The four women who make up The Norfolk Broads first met in the alto section of the Trad Academy Sea...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: April/2022
