Reviews
Eu Andava Como Se Fosse Voar
A title that translates as ‘I Walked as if I Were Flying’ somehow suggests this north-eastern Brazilian singer’s ambition both...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2024
Mount Matsu
Dutch group YĪN YĪN’s third album is a joyous concoction of surf guitar, retro synth and East Asian influence. The...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: March/2024
Dancing with Love
Mezzo soprano Afarin Mansouri left Iran for Ontario in 2003 after growing up in the post-revolutionary environment that allowed her...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: March/2024
Roots 2
The sense of community created by Devon folk duo Show of Hands is perhaps their greatest achievement. It begins on...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2024
Mokuy
Two years on from their exquisite self-titled 2021 debut album (five stars in #172), the Hand To Earth ensemble –...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2024
The Musical Threads of the Silk Roads
Hailing from the Basque country and sharing a name with the great 14th-century explorer who travelled from North Africa all...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2024
Traveling East
What makes Dutch guitarist Jan Wouter Oostenrijk’s latest and sixth solo album, Traveling East, stand out is its fascinating fusion...
Reviewed by Franki Clemens in issue: March/2024
This is What I Want to Say
Throughout a career spanning 40 years, nearly that many albums and thousands of live performances, the Welsh singer-songwriter with the...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2024
Borderlines & Bloodlines
One of the standout folk albums of 2023 in the UK, which almost flew under the radar, Birmingham-based Germa Adan’s Borderlines...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: March 2024
