Reviews
Call Me Home
Not only have this youthful Norwich-based folk/Americana trio independently released their rather lovely debut album, but each copy features a...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2017
Gilles Peterson Presents: Havana Cultura Anthology
Gilles Peterson first started his Havana Cultura project back in 2008. Since then, the project has garnered several albums worth...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: March/2017
Je Dis Oui!
Portland, Oregon's self-described ‘little orchestra’ Pink Martini are augmented once again by the Harvey Rosencrantz Orchestra (who featured on their...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: March/2017
The Encounter of Vocal Heritage
Migrancy is an inescapable condition of our time, and people in movement to strange places carry remembrances of home with...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2017
Tres Mil Uno
Marcela Arroyo, Andreas Engler & Daniel Schläppi
The title of this intriguing collection, Tres Mil Uno (3001), perhaps indicates that Argentinian-born, Swiss-based singer Marcela Arroyo, Swiss violinist...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2017
Música da Terra
Batuk are a dance-infused trio hailing from South Africa. Comprised of renowned producer and rapper Spoek Mathambo, Aero Manyelo and...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: March/2017
Love Songs Vol 2
In 1986, Yishak Banjaw sat down at home to record an album of traditional Ethiopian music, using a borrowed Casio...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: March/2017
Au Bout du Petit Matin
Tao Ravao is a Madagascan-born musician with a French father and Malagasy mother whose family name he uses professionally. He...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2017
Invisible Strings
Eraldo Bernocchi & Prakash Sontakke
‘Classical Indian slide guitar’ isn’t a style you hear about every day – but if you’re a fan of Hindustani...
Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: March/2017
