Reviews

Pauanne

Pauanne

Pauanne are an eye- and ear-catching trio from Finland. They revel in the darker, pre-Christian sounds of the folk tradition...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2019

Forêt Sacrée

Joel Nya

Joel Nya is a singer-songwriter who clearly takes his influences not just from the popular bikutsi style but also from...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2019

Trumpet King Zeal Onyia Returns

Zeal Onyia

When Louis Armstrong toured West Africa in 1961, he dubbed Onyia ‘the highlife hep cat of Nigerian jazz trumpet.’ One...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2019

Ancora

Flook

After early success with three albums that positioned them as a force to be reckoned with, Flook went silent in...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: July/2019

ONDA

Jambinai

Four years ago, a trio of South Korean musicians played in London as part of the K-Music Festival and provided...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2019

Merčedes Kolo

Dobranotch

The Finnish harmonica band Sväng have made a series of photographs on different modes of transport – motorbike sidecar, railway...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2019

Restitute

Eliza Carthy

In 2016, the Wayward Band, the ensemble of gifted musicians Eliza Carthy first assembled in 2013, suffered what she describes...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2019

Enclosure

The Askew Sisters

The Askews have released some of the most striking folk music of recent years, from Hazel's involvement in Lady Maisery...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2019

To the Mother of Gods

Anatolian Weapons & Seirios Savvaidis

Anatolian Weapons is a guise of DJ electronicist Aggelos Baltas, and Seirios Savvaidis is a singer-songwriter who is much younger...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: July/2019

Handful of Earth

Dick Gaughan

When this album was released in November 1981, the year had already seen riots in Brixton, Toxteth and Moss Side,...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2019