Reviews
Sanctuary
Sanctuary opens with ‘When Will We Find?’, a song that asks desperate and universal questions: when will we find love,...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2016
Across the Divide
Constant international touring for the last decade, including a stint opening for The Jools Holland Orchestra, as well as playing...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2016
Supernatural Love
Colombia's African musical traditions are often overlooked both at home and internationally. The electro-cumbia pioneers Sidestepper – a fluid outfit...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2016
We Are Going to Bremen to be Musicians
Geoff Berner is an accordionist, singer and songwriter. This album quickly establishes that he's Jewish and Canadian – both subjects...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2016
Aw Sa Yone Vol 2
In the early 1980s in the city of Thies in Senegal, a group recorded approximately two-and-a-half hours of music that...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2016
Live in Paris
For a while, it seemed that the world's favourite desert blues sultans had lost their swing. Their performance at the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2016
Cabaret of Death
Unfortunately I haven’t yet seen the Polish drama documentary Cabaret of Death, which won a Prix Italia last year. Directed...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2016
Pre’volution: Le Président, ma Moto et Moi
In October 2014, the people of Burkina Faso took to the streets to demand the removal of Blaise Compaoré, the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2016
The Peacock's Feathers
Established stars in their native Germany, five-piece Fleadh's last album, 2013's The Cleggan Bay Disaster, was festooned with awards, picking...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: March/2016
