Reviews
Isula Ranni
Sharing a Sicilian background, the members of Rome-based Unavantaluna cohesively weave the island's traditional style and repertoire, sung in dialect,...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: July/2014
Cigarros Explosivos!
Switzerland is a land in which little of musical interest ever seems to happen. But Jaro Milko grew up there,...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2014
Grace Bay
Tommy McCarthy & Louise Costello
Offspring of noted figures in their native West Clare and County Galway, the husband-and-wife team of Tommy McCarthy and Louise...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: July/2014
Danzas Brancas
SonDeSeu, led by veteran composer Rodrigo Romaní, is a sprawling folk orchestra that combines a quintet of gaitas with armies...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2014
Agua en la Boca
We tend to think of fado as an uncompromising, impassioned, dark-hued genre. María Berasarte was born in San Sebastian, sings...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2014
Unity
A Gnawa singer and master of the three-stringed sintir lute, Hassan Hakmoun made his name more than 20 years ago...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2014
Final
For decades, this singer-songwriter has ploughed a lonely furrow, working latterly from his home studio in a Havana suburb. His...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: July/2014
Konpa Lakay
This excellent disc of vibrant, rootsy twoubadou (troubadour) music from Haiti is a charming reminder of why you should never...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: July/2014
Silt
While US-based Sudanese singer Alsarah appeared on our radar last year with her work as part of the Nile Project,...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: July/2014
