Reviews
La Mentirosa
Pop, world, rock and indigenous folk aren't tidied up into pigeonholes in Italy. With her third release, Italian singer-songwriter Flo...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2018
Ankerdram
Here we have a good example of the old adage about not judging a book by its cover. The photo...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: December/2018
Music of Southern & Northern Laos
Sound recordist Laurent Jeanneau has spent years travelling among the ethnic minority cultures of Laos and Cambodia. This two-CD set...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: December/2018
O Turno da Noite
In the late 19th century, groups of college students in Portugal started to get together in large musical ensembles, celebrating...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: December/2018
Quebra-Cabeça
Four albums in and the juggernaut that is São Paulo's Bixiga 70 powers on with added conviction. Since their debut,...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: December/2018
Free One
A highly respected duo in their own right, Jenn Butterworth (guitar) and Laura-Beth Salter (mandolin) are joined by three equally...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: December/2018
Socalled Sings Di Frosh and Other Yiddish Songs
Socalled with the Kaiser Quartett
Josh Dolgin, better known as Socalled, is a rap producer who shunned the traditional treasure troves of American funk and...
Reviewed by Asher Breuer-Weil in issue: December/2018
El Mito de la Pérgola
If any musician is going to reconfigure the airy strangeness of Andean music, Chilean singer Pascuala Ilabaca might be the...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2018
My East is Your West
Sarathy Korwar & UPAJ Collective
A half-century has elapsed since Alla Rakha and Buddy Rich exchanged rhythmic wisdom on Rich à la Rakha. As tabla...
Reviewed by Joshua French in issue: December/2018
