Reviews
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
Madremonte
Madremonte is the debut album from the Europe-based Colombian duo, Jaguar. The title of the album makes reference to an...
Reviewed by Jenna Mackle in issue: December/2021
16 Rayos
The word ‘mambo’ conjures up shimmying couples almost losing themselves to crazed percussion. But the dance craze was, in fact,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2021
Kaftan d’Alma
Maybe we can blame a common Mediterranean feeling working its way into a shared culture, but it is quite interesting...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: December/2021
Melodi
Kit Sebastian is the London-based duo of Turkish vocalist Merve Erdem and Anglo-French multi-instrumentalist Kit Martin, but you’d be forgiven...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: December/2021
The Ballad of Dood & Juanita
Explaining The Ballad of Dood & Juanita to an interviewer, Sturgill Simpson offered, ‘I’ve only ever really been interested in...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2021
