Reviews
Songs Inspired by the Film The Beatles and India
Here are two discs to accompany the new documentary film on the highly influential period when The Beatles visited India...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: December/2021
More Notes from the Field
The Devon-based duo have been together – in the gaps between their burgeoning solo careers – since 2014, with an...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2021
A Touma
Little more than six months ago, Ballaké Sissoko released Djourou, a kora album of glorious hybridity, rooted in ancient griot...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2021
Set Me Free
Dwayne Dopsie is the son of the late Rockin’ Dopsie, a Louisiana Creole accordionist who, via recording several albums for...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: December/2021
Little Universe
Only one year after their acclaimed 2020 release Songs Beyond Words, Taiwan-based group A Moving Sound return with another eclectic...
Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: December/2021
The Magnolia Sessions
Each month from September 2020 until May 2021, the first season of The Magnolia Sessions delivered a new session recorded...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: December/2021
Blue as the Turquoise Night
Eric Jacobson, Kayhan Kalhor, Sandeep Das
The quality of this album comes as no surprise when you discover that it has close connections to Yo-Yo Ma’s...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2021
Message in a Bottle
Opening with the comforting sound of waves lapping on a shore, Ingrid Henderson’s new self-penned album is a beautifully atmospheric...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: December/2021
El Grito
Cumbia is to 2021 what tango electronica was in 2001; for every dashing, inspired revivalist experiment there are dozens of...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2021
In the Echo: Field Recordings from Earlsfort Terrace
Proof that Irish traditional music is the most amenable of genres, In the Echo brings together leading figures in the...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: December/2021
