Reviews

Otros Aires 4

Otros Aires

Is there any mileage left in tango electronica? Let me think for a picosecond. No. While Buenos Aires septet Otros...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

Oberlin 1968

The Young Tradition

It’s the 1960s. They wear swinging, Carnaby Street clobber. Their performances are famously forthright and intense, yet funny and entertaining....

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

Melody

Alaw

‘Welsh folk music has not had the same degree of exposure as its Celtic cousins,’ bemoans Alaw fiddle player Oliver...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

Hand on the Plow

The Tillers

The Tillers claim they once played in hardcore punk bands, and in their speed and dynamics you can hear the...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

Rant

Rant

Rant take their name from an old Scots word for a merry and energetic dance or tune (rather than from...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

No More Peace

Haydamaky

Haydamaky’s roots lie in the Ukraine in the early 90s and the heady spirit of post-Soviet liberation when a vibrant...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

Three-Mountain Pass

Van-Anh Vanessa Vo

At the opening of this CD, the plucked strings that slide serenely from note to note are like a silken...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

Viva Africando

Africando

I don’t know if anybody makes serious money out of the Africando operation, but apart from its musical excellence, the...

Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

Vari-Colored Songs

Leyla McCalla

Although this is Leyla McCalla’s debut record, anyone who’s seen the Carolina Chocolate Drops live will have been warmed by...

Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

Music in the City

Rise Ashen

Here’s an urban night owl. Hailing from Montreal, global beats DJ Rise Ashen has made a nocturnal soundtrack that seamlessly...

Reviewed by Marc Fournier in issue: Nov/Dec/2013