Reviews
Baluchistan: The Instrumental Tradition
Ocora has released many fine recordings of lesser-known musical traditions and this album, featuring the instrumental tradition of Balochistan, is...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
The Lost Words: Spell Songs
Spell Songs made its stage debut earlier this year, its music sprung from the ‘spell songs’ of nature writer Robert...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Egoli
All aboard Damon Albarn's exhilarating Africa Express again, this time bound for Johannesburg. Albarn travelled to South Africa last year...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Atlantic Oscillations
It often seems Will Holland takes delight in confounding his audience. Just take his last three albums as Quantic: a...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Alter Ethno
Bulgarian fusion band Oratnitza are of a generation that grew up not only familiar with local folk music, but who...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Dreamland
Gordie MacKeeman and His Rhythm Boys
Dreamland, the fourth album by the Prince Edward Island quartet Gordie MacKeeman and His Rhythm Boys, is a welcome entry...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2019
Nyolc 8 Nyolc
Söndörgő are Hungary's super-lively tambura band, fizzing in their music and breathtaking to watch on stage. Members of the Eredics...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2019
Jorden Svart
This is timeless Scandinavian simplicity itself: the dark-edged voice of Maria Järventaus set against the virtuosic strings of Gabbi Dluzewski....
Reviewed by Wif Stenger in issue: July/2019
The Great Irish Songbook
Dervish mark 30 years together with their first studio album in more than a decade and the first to be...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: July/2019
