Reviews
Ojos Cerrados
Flamenco guitarists are constantly seeking new approaches and settings. Andreas Arnold, born in Germany and now based in Spain and...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2016
Jigdoll
The album begins with a soft low hum, then lyrical vocal layers build up, like cumulus clouds across a twilight...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2016
Plaint of Lapwing
Alasdair Roberts & James Green
Alasdair Roberts has a busy and productive muse – with a long line of striking solo records behind him, recent...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2016
Discover Music From Brazil
There's plenty of music on this 18-track compilation, but surely only the entirely uninitiated could regard much of it as...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: October/2016
Habana Dreams
A conguero who sings, rather well, Pedrito Martinez has been building a reputation on the New York Latin music scene...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2016
Tunes from the Backyard
Eva Deivert, from Värmland in Sweden, is a long-standing and highly respected fiddle player in Sweden's folk scene. Her passion...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: October/2016
Samba Esquema Novo ‘de Novo’
She's her mother's daughter, all right. Her voice may not yet be the national treasure that Joyce Moreno's has become,...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2016
Sharpener
The Hackney Colliery Band have achieved greater popularity than any other contemporary British brass band through regular performances and savvy...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2016
Uzbekistan: Spiritual and Sufi Chant
A brilliant compilation of sacred Uzbek chants from the remote and religious area of Ferghana Valley, this album shows how...
Reviewed by Razia Sultanova in issue: October/2016
Coxsone's Music 2: The Sound of Young Jamaica
This fabulous double CD (or triple-vinyl) set gathers 41 recordings from the dawn of the ska era: 1960-62. All the...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2016
