Reviews
1974-1975
Hamad Kalkaba & The Golden Sounds
These tracks represent the entire output of Hamad Kalkaba, showcasing a funked-up version of a song style from northern Cameroon...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: March/2018
Curlicue
This album brings together two talented British instrumentalists, both of them graduates of the Folk and Traditional Music course at...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: December/2015
Marjaa: The Battle of the Hotels
The Battle of the Hotels was a vicious conflict that took place in Beirut at the beginning of the Lebanese...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2023
Live at Perthshire Amber
Julie Fowlis is now a fine ambassador for the music, song and culture of her Outer Hebridean homeland and this...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Apr/May/2011
Windrose
A fair few classical string quartets – most recently the Danish String Quartet – have developed traditional music side projects....
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: November/2017
More Notes from the Field
The Devon-based duo have been together – in the gaps between their burgeoning solo careers – since 2014, with an...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2021
Finding Home
Born in Damascus but now based in the UK, Youssef has set out to explore and expand the range of...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: May/2022
Éthiopiques 30: Mistakes on Purpose
For the better part of 20 years, Buda’s Éthiopiques releases have been the go-to series for Ethio-jazz and traditional music...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2017
Gypsy in a Tree
Sanda Weigl has a strong, warm voice with a touch of grit – just right for the lautari Gypsy songs...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2011
A Tiempo
Hailing from Triana, Seville's one time Gypsy quartei and home of classic flamenco, Rosario Guerrero Hernández, aka ‘La Tremendita’, has...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Apr/May/2011
