Reviews
Contigo
Marta Gómez is Colombian, sounds Brazilian, quotes the poetry of Spain's Federico García Lorca, has shared a stage with blues-rocker...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Lose an Hour
Fiddle and mandolin player Tom Newell, guitarist Alex Bishop and accordionist Aidan Shepherd are the talented young trio Effra and,...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Kukurantumi
It is such a pleasure to hear some old-school Ghanaian highlife. In the 60s Amartey Hedzoleh was a member of...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Kaustinen Live 2003
Thankfully someone had the good sense to blow the dust off some tapes from this fantastic concert performed a decade...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Herself and Myself
Thomas McCarthy is an Irish Traveller who, when he was a child, lived on a site beneath the Westway, the...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Avaz
Iranian percussionist Keyvan Chemirani leads an impressive group, bringing together Persian mystical poetry and Breton laments – it's slightly similar...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Sons of the Wind
Soundwalk Collective are self-proclaimed ‘sonic nomads.’ On Sons of the Wind they travel through Ukraine, Moldavia, Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Serbia,...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Battle Cry Remixed
Back in the early-1990s, when rave culture took off in the UK, many a party would have a dub room...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Laughter Out of Tears
Moira Smiley has cemented her status as a musical polyglot with her latest release alongside her female choir Voco. Not...
Reviewed by Mike Fleck in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Mazal
Aziz Sahmaoui & The University of Gnawa
The first University of Gnawa release came in 2011, when Sahmaoui, a founder of Orchestre National de Barbès, brought together...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
