Reviews

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

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

Järventaus | Dluzewski

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

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

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