Reviews
A Milers de Somnis de Distància
Santi Careta is an intriguing Catalan musician. Contributing to bands like Astrio, Rodrigo Laviña y Su Combo and Alba Careta...
Reviewed in issue January/2025
Bosa Maria
Twenty five years on from their debut, the finest and best-known exponents of Bosnian sevdah are still in a class...
Reviewed in issue January/2025
In Winter
A winter album has been on the to-do list of this brilliantly inventive art-folk ensemble for a decade and a...
Reviewed in issue January/2025
Ville Veier
Erlend Viken Trio’s latest album, Ville Veier (Wild Ways), marks a dynamic return. Known for their improvisational flair rooted in...
Reviewed in issue January/2025
Great Joy to the New
Great Joy to the New opens with ‘Derby Ram’, the surprisingly upbeat story of a gargantuan sheep and the gloriously...
Reviewed in issue January/2025
A Ukrainian Wedding
Cappella Romana & Nadia Tarnawski
The order of a modern wedding has become standardised across the world: an engagement followed by a wedding ceremony with...
Reviewed in issue January/2025
Giorgos Katsaros
This is both a fabulous historical document and a musical treat from the rebetika heyday of Greek émigrés to the...
Reviewed in issue January/2025
Lost Things Returning
This is the second outing with the Cornwall-based, Birmingham-raised alt-folk duo Angeline Morrison and Nick Duffy. Following their debut, which...
Reviewed in issue December/2024
Vento do Mar
This soulful album has the seamless feel of a longtime collaboration, rather than the debut production that it is. Portuguese...
Reviewed in issue December/2024
