Reviews
The Drunken Wind of Life: The Poem/Songs of Tin Ujević
Musical relations between the US and Croatia are of long standing, with some of the earliest recordings of the tamburica...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: October/2015
The Indispensable 1955-1962
Once music goes out of its 50-year copyright, open season follows on the reissues market. Two issues ago I reviewed...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2015
Por Ahí
Born and raised in Mexico City, but based in Brooklyn since 2002, Rana Santacruz styles himself as a Latino heir...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2015
Elementuak
After touring as guest performers on Madonna's 2012 MDNA tour, Basque trio Kalakan sat down to re-centre themselves and record...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2015
La Ruta de la Pantera
Having borrowed their album's title (‘The Way of the Panther’) from a Marvel comic, and previously reinvented Henry Mancini's Pink...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2015
Wing of Evening
The vocal percussion on the Scottish whaling song ‘Greenland’ that opens this album typifies the raw beauty that is exhibited...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: October/2015
Athamra
Lamia Bedioui & The Desert Fish
This musical tour of the Mediterranean works on a number of levels. Firstly, and most importantly, it works musically. Knitting...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: October/2015
Trì
Trì is Gaelic for three, and only three instruments – namely Rachel Hair's harp, Jenn Butterworth's guitar and the double...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2015
