Reviews
Mundo Solo
I have been an admirer of the prolific Brazilian guitarist and composer Fabiano Do Nascimento for several years. Based in...
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: March/2024
When the Roses Come Again
With When the Roses Come Again, finger-style guitarist extraordinaire Daniel Bachman has officially ventured beyond the local solar system and...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2024
Salsa Classics
Classico Latino & Fruko feat Omar Puente
Classico Latino is a London-based collective led by pianist Ivan Guevara and cellist Graham Walker, who co-founded the outfit back...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2024
Instant Moksha – Mantras
Sarves Thiru is a Malaysian-born singer now based in London. She’s studied Carnatic singing and says: “I hope that people...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2024
Measure, Pour & Mixtape: Music for Cooking
This is literally a cassette mixtape, limited to 300 copies, although also available digitally. The mechanics of cooking, the sociability...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: March/2024
Borderlines & Bloodlines
One of the standout folk albums of 2023 in the UK, which almost flew under the radar, Birmingham-based Germa Adan’s...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: March/2024
Hirondelle
Hirondelle is an unlikely cohort of Northumbrian, Scottish and Provençal musicians with a just as improbable fascination for the Occitan...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: March/2024
Tears of the Sun
The sophomore album from rising Nigerian star Teni is an Afrobeats-tastic affair in which the artist sings and raps in...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2024
