Reviews

Funeral Songs

Fra Fra

There's a bitter aftertaste to this album. The latest in Glitterbeat's acclaimed Hidden Musics series, it should be an absorbing...

Reviewed by Timothy Clarke-Romain in issue: June/2020

Mai

Georgia Ruth

The Aberystwyth singer-songwriter released her debut, Week of Pines, back in 2013, and it won her the Welsh Music Prize...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2020

Guerrilla

Nazar

It is difficult to listen to Nazar's music without an appreciation of the enduring pain caused by the Angolan civil...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: June/2020

12 Bombazos Bailables

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Considering the sheer amount of quality music that came out of Colombia from the 50s through to the 70s, highlighted...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: June/2020

Bayview

Project Smok

A generous list of guest players adorns this debut from new trio Project SMOK. They call themselves neo-trad, which means...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2020

Ludi

Chassol

Chassol has been refining his compositional style for nearly a decade. His ‘ultrascore’ approach incorporates sounds as part of a...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: June/2020

Scatter the Light

Eileen Ivers

Scatter the Light, the latest album by Grammy-winning violin virtuoso Eileen Ivers, is jam-packed with tracks showcasing the Irish-American's nonpareil...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2020

The Maniacs

The Maniacs

Old English tunes and young English players have been making hay over the past few years with the likes of...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2020

América Invertida

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Inspired by a famous drawing by Joaquín Torres García portraying South America upside down, this compilation centres on tiny, overlooked...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2020

La Yarará

Malena Zavala

In the press release to her second album Malena Zavala explains her desire to explore and overcome her identity issues,...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2020