Reviews
El Vol Dispers
Roots or world music artists who sing in English often met with a certain snobbery in the past, but multi-instrumentalist...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Dot the Dragon's Eyes
The surest vindication of the praise bestowed on Cassel by the Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser is the final track of...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Dawn
Javier Limón, from Madrid, is best known as a flamenco guitarist and producer for the likes of Paco de Lucía...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Suites
The third album from veteran Breton violinist Jacky Molard and his instrumental quartet furthers Molard's ongoing mission of crossing musical...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Quick Sparrows Over the Black Earth
The interesting album title has been taken from one of the Greek poet Sappho's fragments. It suggests Cannell seeks in...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Far Out Presents: Friends From Rio Project 2014
Far Out are 20 years old this year and to celebrate they are releasing this, a continuation of the two...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Afro-Colombian Sound Modernizers
South and Central America are dotted with communities made up of the descendants of African slaves who escaped their oppressors....
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Far Out Presents Brazilian Bass
Often electronic music from Brazil is represented either by the laid-back qualities of electronic bossa nova or the rattling beats...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Mängleik
Playfulness is at the heart of this music. There's a real sense of being at a live concert, feet tapping...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Any Other Morning
The cover image of two small figures silhouetted under a vast sky reflects the epic scale at work on the...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
