Reviews
Sertão do Mar
When Brazilian singer Mariana Caetano moved to France in 2004, she already carried a profound love for the music from...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: October/2019
Cimarrón
The Latin jazz and folkloric traditions of the Dominican Republic have long been jettisoned by music lovers in favour of...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2019
Rajatila/Borderline
The Finnish a capella quartet Tuuletar made quite an impression with their first album Tules Maas Vedes Taivaal in 2016...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2019
Cloud Wandering
One of the foremost performers of Okinawan folk music, vocalist and sanshin (banjo-like lute) player Takashi Hirayasu came to prominence...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: October/2019
Al Hadaoui
Attarazat Addahabia & Faradjallah
Al Hadaoui was the group Attarazat Addahabia's debut album, recorded in 1972 but for some reason never released. And now...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2019
The Lines We Draw Together
The Sheffield fiddler, banjoist and songwriter taps into the rich new vein of folk music with theatre, historical memoir, poetry...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: October/2019
Acamar
This is a relaxed, drifting set of Arabic-European instrumental compositions and improvisations from a band based in the Netherlands. The...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: October/2019
