Reviews
Cut it Down, Count the Rings
Copper Viper's PR describes them as ‘an acoustic folk group from London,’ which isn't wrong but you could certainly be...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2019
Águia Não Come Mosca
The second album from the Brazilian funk trio Azymuth, now reissued by Mr Bongo, was originally recorded in 1977 and traverses...
Reviewed by Brian Taylor in issue: June/2019
Áššu
Áššu (Ulla Pirttijärvi, Harald Skullerud & Olav Torget)
If joik was a person, it'd be the type who could turn up at any house party and somehow find...
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: June/2019
Vårvindar Friska
Here are two musicians who discovered some sort of magic potion in a cellar in Stockholm when they played two...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: June/2019
Cuba Linda
Dutch-Colombian trumpeter Maite Hontelé's tour de force of Cuban rhythms is all delivered with a hint of Colombian sabor. Since...
Reviewed by Julia Baker in issue: June/2019
Rosa
Described by some as a Portuguese Billie Holiday, jazz-trained Luísa Sobral uses her fifth release to become a kind of...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2019
Perlas & Conchas
The incantation, ‘unidos, existimos’ (united, we exist), that opens this beguiling album suggests a pagan ritual, a mediation mantra, or...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2019
Apparitions
A significant change of tack from the Drystones' last album, Apparitions really showcases the multi-instrumental talents of this exciting young...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: June/2019
Chouïa
For the past decade this multi-instrumentalist trio have pushed the boundaries of Québécois traditional music by exploring other music cultures....
Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: June/2019
