Reviews
Lovely Difficult
Is it world music? Is it pop? It’s hard to be sure. Sung in French, English, Creole and Portuguese, recorded...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: June/2014
Galiza
Kepa Junkera is a wonderful player of trikitixa, the traditional dance music of the Basque country, which he squeezes out...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2014
Two More Hours
A departure from the traditional music she has performed and recorded for several years - which has included an album...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2014
Blyde Lasses
Frances Wilkins & Claire White
Though they’ve been performing as a duo since 2006, Blyde Lasses is the debut album by Frances Wilkins and Claire...
Reviewed by Graeme Thomson in issue: June/2014
Sacred World of Azerbaijani Mugham
Gochag Askarov, in his mid-30s, is the new icon of mugham, the intense classical music of Azerbaijan. He was the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2014
Africa Moo Baalu
Africa Moo Baalu means ‘Big People of Africa,’ and the album effectively reads as an open letter to leaders in...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2014
Cool, Calm & Collected
This compilation brings together the highlights of ten years from these champions of Welsh traditional music. Allan yn y Fan...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2014
Crossharbour
The album cover shows a young five-piece band posed on the ‘blade of light’ Millennium Bridge linking the Tate Modern...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2014
Music from the Source
As they celebrate 25 years, this double CD is clear proof that Riverboat Records is Britain’s most prolific and wide-ranging...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2014
OK World
The clusters of sparse piano notes that open this disc suggest a contemplative acoustic music that might confound fans of...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2014
