Reviews
Northern Landscape
Hailing from County Tyrone’s Clogher Valley and formed in 2015, The Blackwater Céilí Band have been carving out a name...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: August/September/2022
Between Us…
Anoushka Shankar & Metropole Orkest with Jules Buckley & Manu Delago
Sitarist Anoushka Shankar here joins forces with the Netherlands-based Metropole Orkest and handpan performer Manu Delago on a purely instrumental...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: August/September/2022
Qanat
Misagh Joolaee & Sebastian Flaig
A collaboration between Iranian kamancheh (spike fiddle) player Misagh Joolaee and German percussionist Sebastian Flaig, this album explores new instrumental...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: August/September/2022
Flamenco: Pasado y Presente
The songs on Argentinian producer and guitarist Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde’s new album are mostly originals, but much emphasis is made...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: August/September/2022
Bimo
This is the fifth album from the Senegalese griot and kora player who has been UK based for the last...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: August/September/2022
Beyond the Pale
Gather around the campfire… Bush Gothic have 12 tracks’ worth of tales to tell. Of convicts and cattle wranglers, miners...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: August/September/2022
Coiscéim Coiligh: As the Days Brighten
Coming of age this year, Téada celebrate in fine style with their sixth outing on disc, titled with post-pandemic optimism,...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: August/September/2022
Musakayike
Although this duo from Malawi have been touring far and wide since the release of their last album in 2019,...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: August/September/2022
Sun God
British fusion band Sunday Driver’s latest release is their first since the EP Flo in 2014. While Flo was a...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/September/2022
Expedition to the Lost World, Part II: Spring
Jarek Adamów is a Polish muti-instrumentalist – accordion, clarinet, hurdy-gurdy and many other things – with a strong interest in the raw...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: August/September/2022
