Reviews
Nanna
Xavier Rudd & the United Nations
The eighth studio album from the barefoot Aussie troubadour sees him foregoing his one-man band approach, where he multi-tracked countless...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2015
El Alma Lastimada y Otros Poemas
In setting the work of 11th-century Andalusian Sephardic poet Solomon Ibn Gabirol to music, the singer and academic Curro Piñana...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2015
Quaranta
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino
Quaranta, CGS's new release, celebrates four decades of the group's existence. It is awe-inspiring, stirring and soulful; with an array...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: July/2015
Sirventés: Occitan Protest Songs
Manu Théron, Youssef Hbeisch & Grégory Dargent
Those familiar with the recordings by the Marseille group Lo Còr de la Plana over the past decade will recognise...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: July/2015
At Home: Live in Marciac
Fatoumata Diawara & Roberto Fonseca
Recorded live at the Jazz in Marciac festival in south-west France, At Home is a meeting of both minds and...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2015
Manannan's Cloak
Manannan is the Celtic sea god who protects the Isle of Man from invasion by shrouding it in mist. There...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2015
Quema Quema Quema
On their second album – following a subtle, largely-guitar-based debut – this duo from Peru have pumped their songs full...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2015
Radio Vietnam
Belonging to Sublime Frequencies’ locale-specific radio collage series, Radio Vietnam is a ‘plunderphonics’ album: that's to say, the mashed-up audio...
Reviewed by Barley Norton in issue: July/2015
You No Fit Touch Am
There is Femi and Seun Kuti, of course, and the ever-dextrous iconic Tony Allen, who guests hither and yon. But...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2015
