Reviews

Kila Mara

Alai K

Alai K’s debut album is a potent mix of percussive practice from his native Kenya melded with the driving dance...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: March/2022

Mediterraneo Ostinato

Stefano Saletti & Banda Ikona

Stefano Saletti & Banda Ikona are back with their mixture of ancient and contemporary, loads of modal themes, rhythms and...

Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: March/2022

Smoke & Oakum

The Longest Johns

Scottish postman Nathan Evans was the ‘Wellerman’ who kicked off TikTok’s shanty craze, but Bristol’s Longest Johns are not far...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2022

Bandua

Bandua

In recent years, Edgar Valente has made a name for himself as a singer with the avant-folk act Criatura. Picking...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: March/2022

Årringar

Britt Pernille Frøholm

Like counting the rings of a tree to find out its age, Årringar counts the years in traditional song. It’s...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: March/2022

Elif Sanchez

Elif Sanchez

Singer Elif Sanchez grew up in Istanbul, before moving to the US to study jazz oboe and voice at Berklee...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2022

Éclat

Labelle

From his island off Madagascar in the Indian Ocean, young composer and musician, Jeremy Labelle, continues an exploration into links...

Reviewed by Pierre Cuny in issue: March/2022

Fazer e Cantar

Diana HP

Diana HP’s heart lies in Minas Gerais, Brazil’s landlocked, literary heartland. Larger than France – where she resides – Minas...

Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: March/2022

From the Devil’s Punchbowl

Aaron O’Hagan & Luke Ward

Fresh evidence of a new generation from north of the border adding its own distinctive stamp on Irish traditional music...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: March/2022

Byzaanchy

Choduraa Tumat

Choduraa Tumat is one of Tyva’s finest female khöömeizhi (master throat singers), being leader of the group Tyva Kyzy, but...

Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: March/2022