Reviews
Cante
Cante is a form of traditional polyphonic singing from the south of Portugal, namely from the region of Alentejo, usually...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Walls Have Ears
Veteran collective Transglobal Underground have morphed and changed in the years since this writer followed their Pied Piperish lead from...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Tidings
Tidings opens with ‘Two Magicians’, a traditional song in which a woman, to escape the sexual advances of a blacksmith,...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Heading Out
After first meeting in the Sage Gateshead's influential Folkestra, violinist Kevin Lees and guitarist Matthew Jones became key members of...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: July/2020
Diaspora Kid
The Los Angeles music scene, famed for its slick studio bands and hit factories, has a reputation for perfection rather...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: July/2020
Cape Verde: An Archipelago of Music
The Ocora label specialises in field recordings of music from around the world. This release is a double CD of...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: July/2020
The Woods
The Woods marks the third instalment of acclaimed musician and composer Hamish Napier's ode to his native Scottish Highlands. Following...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2020
Port de Taipana
This second studio album from the Belgian duo of Florian De Schepper and Anouk Sanczuk has a sense of joyous...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2020
25 Trips
Sierra Hull's voice is as sparkling clear as a glacial stream tinged with just the right shad of Tennessee twang....
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2020
Rey de Mi Folclor Vallenato y Cumbia Colombiana
Ever since Carlos Vives turned to the style in the early 90s, vallenato reinstated itself as one of Colombia's most-cherished...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2020
