Reviews

Tilham

Blowzabella

Forty-five years and counting, with this their 14th album, Blowzabella are an institution of the English folk revival to stand...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: May/2023

Linyera

Melingo

Buenos Aires is fortunate to have both a popular musical form - tango - that has survived the demise of...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2014

Salvavidas de Hielo

Jorge Drexler

Is it possible that Drexler has found the perfect way of describing his music with the title of his latest...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: April/2018

Sounds of Mirrors

Dhafer Youssef

Born into a long line of muezzins (men who call Muslims to prayer), Dhafer Youssef discovered his own melodic voice...

Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: March/2019

Cannibal Courtship

Dengue Fever

Dengue Fever's latest album is a step up from their last studio effort, Venus on Earth, in 2008. The band...

Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: July/2011

Galactic Gala

Silla + Rise

Mixing century-old traditional vocals with the latest sonic technology has always been an attractive yet dangerous musical venture. More often...

Reviewed by Marc Fournier in issue: April/2020

Paris

Zaz

A collection of classic songs about the most beautiful city in the world, the capital of romance, by one of...

Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Aug/Sep/2015

Ngā Mata o te Ariki Tāwhirimātea

Maisey Rika

After growing up singing with her mother and aunties, award-winning Māori vocalist Maisey Rika began performing professionally at age 13....

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: November/2021

AH!

Trad.Attack!

Trad.Attack! is the latest group to combine traditional folk music styles with a contemporary approach. Formed by a trio of...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: December/2015

Semitics

47SOUL

It’s been said 47SOUL are a band rooted in the Palestinian diaspora. Surely ‘uprooted’ would be more to the point....

Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: October/2020