Reviews
The Widening Gyre
Recorded in Nashville and fully funded by fans through pledgemusic, The Widening Gyre sees the venerable sextet finding new creative...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: June/2015
The Newpart
Canadian fiddler, singer and step dancer April Verch has been a figure on the Canadian folk scene since the early...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2015
¡Canta con Venezuela!
Formed in 1971 by four college friends, Serenata Guayanesa have become a cultural institution in their native Venezuela. The band's...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2015
Mundo Meu
This Brazilian singer's mix of easygoing soul, samba and reggae was confidently displayed on her debut album Bossa Muffin. All...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: June/2015
Music of Angola
Manuel Diogo mixes traditional and contemporary Angolan gospel music: he blends recognisable gospel sounds – from the harmonies of African...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2015
Jayme Stone's Lomax Project
Alan Lomax, the American folklorist, ethno-musicologist and filmmaker spent his life travelling the world making field recordings. He is best...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: June/2015
Revelation
One of the less comfortable truths for fans of Middle Eastern music in the West is that most CDs released...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: June/2015
Gisela João
There is an infallible method to tell apart a remarkable singer from a merely very good one. Let's call it...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: June/2015
Finno-Balkan Voices
Eight female vocalists – four Finnish, and four Bulgarian – meet here in a collaboration that stems from a course...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: June/2015
A Day Like Tomorrow
Fabian Holland has been praised for his guitar playing, which is fluid, elegant and blues-tinged but not over-elaborate. The same...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2015
