Reviews
Un Canadien Errant
This is a three-way collaboration between Québécois fiddle and piano playing singer Sophie Lavoie, and uilleann piper and banjo player...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: April/2017
El Callegüeso y su Mala Maña
Cali is known as the home of salsa in Colombia, a reputation based on the way they dance it, rather...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: April/2017
L'Oiseau du Ciel
Congolese music has for many years been struggling to re-establish its position as one of the most potent of contemporary...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: April/2017
Sonic Migration
The Subsonic Trio brings together musicians from Brazil, Finland and Australia – no longer such a surprise in our globalised...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: April/2017
Timbuktu Echoes
Imarhan Timbuktu, Dintchéré & Ousmane Ag Oumar
Not one but three different Touareg acts grace this release, which bypasses the CD format completely and is available only...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2017
Artifacts
“Miles Davis, Fela Kuti and Mulatu Astatke walk into a bar…” No, it's not a joke but one way of...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: April/2017
Tules Maas Vedes Taivaal
This is the debut recording of one of Finland's most dynamic new groups. The four young women who comprise Tuuletar...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2017
Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau
For those more au fait with the jazz world, Brad Mehldau is something of a household name. His celebrated Art...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: April/2017
Voices of Ashkenaz
This is a fascinating recording that evolved out of the Yiddish Summer Weimar festival, which unites serious Jewish music research...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2017
