Reviews
Fandango: Provença Sessions
Kepa Junkera & the Melonious Quartet
Everything is suddenly alright with the world when an album comes along and blows your mind: especially when it's from...
Reviewed in issue March/2012
Barlande
A set of eight pieces for flamenco guitar and cello: it’s an unusual combination but an effective one. The pieces...
Reviewed in issue March/2012
Splendor
The music and musicianship on this recording is outstanding and the concept intriguing. ‘The Other Europeans’ refers to the Jews...
Reviewed in issue March/2012
Vitamia
Gianmaria Testa, moustachioed chan¬sonnier and former stationmaster, is a first-class Italian singer-songwriter. Five years have passed since his stunning Da...
Reviewed in issue March/2012
Nyckelharpa Solo
The Swedish nyckel¬harpa is a keyed fiddle dating from the 15th century. In terms of its sound, think along the...
Reviewed in issue March/2012
Three Cane Whale
This debut from multi¬instrumentalist trio Three Cane Whale is a warming cinematic landscape of music vignettes, recorded in a Bristol...
Reviewed in issue March/2012
The Klezmer Shul Live!
Veretski Pass are a trio of top American klezmer musicians – Cookie Segelstein on violin, Joshua Horowitz on accordion and...
Reviewed in issue March/2012
Karton City Boom
Shalazakazoo are an electronic music duo from Belgrade (Serbia) and Karton City Boom is their debut album. A well-argued essay...
Reviewed in issue March/2012
Silêncio
It’s not very clear what Claudia Aurora’s trying to do here. But whatever it is, it doesn’t seem to work....
Reviewed in issue March/2012
Live in Amsterdam
What’s outstanding about this re-released first recording of Cristina Branco, from 1997, is not only that we get to hear...
Reviewed in issue March/2012
