Reviews
Brave New World
Reggae has long played a pivotal role in Pacific music, but unlike its Jamaican roots counterpart, the more derivative Oceanic...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: June/2022
Róisín ReImagined
Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh and Irish Chamber Orchestra
Breathing new life into old, Róisín ReImagined takes the ancient tradition of sean nós singing, filters it through new arrangements...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: June/2022
Bi Cinnete Bakar
While it is true that young people in Turkey are getting clued in on 70s Anatolian psych through international acts...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: June/2022
Vulpus
Fusing folk fiddle and guitar with dance music, the Somerset duo celebrate ten years together with their fourth album, Vulpus....
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2022
The Art of the Chinese Xiao & Hulusi
Led by composer/arranger Li Jiang, Heart of the Dragon Ensemble is a UK-based collective of Chinese instrumentalists, known for their...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: June/2022
Live at Vai Te Mihi
The Pacific’s Rapa Nui – popularly known as Easter Island – is one of the most remote inhabited islands in...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: June/2022
River of Dreams
There is something charmingly familiar and almost old fashioned about ex-Decameron guitarist Johnny Coppin’s River of Dreams that is evident...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: June/2022
Duo Vargoz
Re-exploring repertoires of oral tradition and rearranging them is a fairly common approach in the world of traditional music today....
Reviewed by Anne Ge in issue: June/2022
Where’s the One?
Kinshasa’s Congotronic axis meet chosen international artists and create an epic, euphoric mash-up celebrating the tenth anniversary of a historic...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: June/2022
