Reviews
Gross National Happiness
Earlier in 2017 the Edinburgh-based nine-piece band Orkestra del Sol revealed that after 14 successful years, this would be their...
Reviewed by Tutku Barbaros in issue: October/2017
The Queen of Hearts
Offa Rex comprise English singer-songwriter Olivia Chaney and US indie rockers The Decemberists; Queen of Hearts is the result of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2017
All Soundings are True
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Garth Knox
All Soundings are True picks up, in part, where Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh's sparse, raw-edged, minimalist 2014 solo offering Music for...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2017
Te Vaka Beats: Vol I
With ancestral links to the small Pacific islands of Tuvalu and Tokelau, Polynesian group Te Vaka originally formed in New...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2017
Paradis
Swedish schlager songs sung in Farsi? Behind this utterly bizarre confluence of styles is a clever comment on the state...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: October/2017
Brazilian Landscapes
Michala Petri, Marilyn Mazur, Daniel Murray
This decidedly erudite CD is like a classically tinged Codona trio album for the new millennium. Like Don Cherry and...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: October/2017
The Book of Transfigurations
American singer Julia Úlehla and guitarist Aram Bajakian are the core of Dálava, a Vancouver-based collective. Their source material lies...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: August/2017
Live in Mostar
Divanhana are a young Sarajevo-based band who have an old-fashioned work ethic: they get on the road and tour! This...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: August/2017
Avrakedabra
Jamaica's premier family band, Morgan Heritage, are back with their second album in two years, hoping to build on 2015's...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: August/2017
Guitarra Mía: Tangos by Gardel and Piazzolla
Carlos Gardel (1890-1935) and Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) remain the undisputed giants of Argentinian tango. The former was a crooner, film...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: August/2017
