Reviews
Borderlines & Bloodlines
One of the standout folk albums of 2023 in the UK, which almost flew under the radar, Birmingham-based Germa Adan’s...
Reviewed in issue March/2024
Un Hombre de Buenos Aires
Jazz and tango had parallel evolutions, emerging in marginalised areas, gravitating to their respective centres and then going global. When...
Reviewed in issue March/2024
American Patchwork Quartet
The clue is in the name. This terrific quartet led by visionary roots guitarist/vocalist/arranger Clay Ross celebrate America’s Indigenous folk...
Reviewed in issue March/2024
Échos des Mers du Nord
Considering their deep and mutual love for Nordic music, it’s not hard to see why Québécois foursome Nordri’s debut, Échos...
Reviewed in issue March/2024
Hon Muru (Bears Ears)
The landscape of the Southwestern United States is at the heart of this new recording by Hopi singer Clark Tenakhongva....
Reviewed in issue March/2024
Waillee Waillee
Released in 1978, Waillee Waillee is the second full-length album from Dorothy Carter, composer, Mediæval Bæbes founder and master of...
Reviewed in issue March/2024
South Atlantic Blues
South Atlantic Blues was first released in 1968, at the same time as Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks. While Morrison’s album...
Reviewed in issue March/2024
Eu Andava Como Se Fosse Voar
A title that translates as ‘I Walked as if I Were Flying’ somehow suggests this north-eastern Brazilian singer’s ambition both...
Reviewed in issue March/2024
Desde Espana… La Columna de Fuego
Why it’s taken so long for this gem of an album to be reissued is one of those mysteries that...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2024
El Violento
‘El Violento’? Julio Ernesto Estrada, aka Fruko, who ran for Colombia’s senate in 2013? One hopes not. The veteran of...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2024
