Reviews
Uncharted: A Viola da Gamba Adventure
Gerald Trimble is an American multi-instrumentalist who started out playing Renaissance cittern (lute), then became interested in Turkish music, learning...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2015
Zomba Prison Project: I Have No Everything Here
In 2013, producer Ian Brennan clandestinely documented the music found inside Zomba's maximum security institution in Malawi. Some of the...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: June/2015
The Bell That Never Rang
Captivating, exquisite, stunning. The excitable flurry of deserving superlatives that followed Lau's live performances with the Elysian Quartet were even...
Reviewed by Edward Craggs in issue: June/2015
Ballads & Blasphemy: The Religious Gospel of Adebola Kuku
Nigerian singer-songwriter Kuku has an interesting heritage. Born Adebola Kuku in the US and raised in Lagos, he now resides...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: June/2015
Têtu
Québécois quartet Le Vent du Nord really hit home with Tromper Le Temps in 2012, a punchy set of flying...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2015
Consonnances
Tri Nguyen & The Ilios Quartet
In zither master Tri Nguyen, Vietnam has a fine ambassador for its traditional music. This recording has a clearly defined...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2015
Makes a King
The Very Best are a duo, Johan Hugo and Esau Mwamwaya, who met in London's Hackney. They won a good...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: June/2015
A New Tango Songbook
Ostensibly, this is an unlikely combination. In the red corner: Christoph Müller from Switzerland and Eduardo Makaroff of Argentina, two...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2015
A Guide to the Birdsong of South America
With passions for conservation, bird-watching and South American music, British producer Robin Perkins decided to combine all three here. He...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: June/2015
High Rise
The debut album from a Scottish fiddler and composer whose ‘Fiddle Tune a Day’ YouTube project presented a new tune...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2015
