Reviews
Shine
Caroline Keane has had an increasingly prominent presence on the Irish and international touring circuit since she was 15. Now...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2020
Dark Matter
Ever since 1982, when Australia’s I Goanna band gifted I radio stations their enduring Top 10 hit ‘Solid Rock’, the...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2020
Obi
Yutaka Oyama is a master of the Tsugaru shamisen school in Japan, having learned at the foot of his grandfather,...
Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: October/2020
Los Duendes de la Marimba
This album was recorded in the house of the Torres family (keepers of the Torres dynasty, masters of Colombia’s Pacific...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: October/2020
Rivages
Jean-Louis Matinier & Kevin Seddiki
This is a very beautiful album of accordion and guitar. French accordionist Jean-Louis Matinier has appeared on several ECM albums,...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2020
Halak Halak
Snaking synth lines and exotic chord sequences collide with vigorous bass-laden beats and housey bedrock foundations, as East meets West...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: October/2020
Enlighten the Night
Iranian singer Mahsa Vahdat has recorded an impressive series of albums – solo, with her sister Marjan Vahdat and with...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2020
Ferrari Safari
Best known to us for his series of field recordings of African traditional music and for reissuing the 22-CD Historical...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2020
Essence of Raga Tala
Here tabla maestro Kuljit Bhamra has put together a rather eclectic but very enjoyable selection of tracks, many which he...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: October/2020
Kiss, Cuddle & Torture: Volume 2
Following their debut album, Kiss, Cuddle & Torture: Volume 1, the London-based mash-up reggae band The Hempolics have now released...
Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: October/2020
