Reviews
Mediterraneo Ostinato
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
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
Årringar
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
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
Fazer e Cantar
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
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 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
Chant Amazigh
Even devoted followers of Algerian music may find the name Majid Soula rings no bells – thankfully, the latest (number...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2022
