Reviews
The Art of the Shakuhachi
Katsuya Yokoyama, one of the last great masters of Japanese traditional music, brings us an exemplary recording of 17th-century shakuhachi...
Reviewed by Darran Smith in issue: July/2017
Les Années Milan
French accordionist Richard Galliano's work for the Milan label includes lots of Astor Piazzolla numbers, to which he supplies bright,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2017
Indestructible
The brassy, bouncing opening bars of ‘Moreno Soy’, the first track of Indestructible, will make flamenco fans’ hearts pound to...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2017
Halo
This is the Argentinian alchemist Juana Molina's seventh album and it demonstrates a masterful refinement of her sample-based, patchwork approach...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: July/2017
Folk Songs
There are few more reliable guarantees of quality in any form of contemporary music than if the name Kronos appears...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2017
Mount Royal
Julian Lage and Chris Eldridge
What to call the music played by the two guitar virtuosos Julian Lage and Chris Eldridge? Chamber-folk? Jazz? Alt-Americana? What...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2017
Louisiana Stomp: 1954-1960 Recordings
Clifton Chenier is one of those rare musicians who pretty much single-handedly created a new genre of music – zydeco....
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2017
Svalan
Maria Kalaniemi & Eero Grundström
Maria Kalaniemi's latest release Svalan (Swallow) shows her throwing caution to the wind, heading into the countryside of her childhood,...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2017
Jongando
The last time we had heard of Brazilian singer Catia Werneck she was following a common path within the country's...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: July/2017
Chadenn
This remarkable album from the Breton duo of saxophonist Timothée Le Bour and accordion player Youen Bodros – with guest...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2017
