Reviews
Port
It's the energy and urgency of Forabandit that impresses the most. There's an unstoppable drive about these songs, performed by...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2014
Lanmou Lanmou
Dowdelin (a play on the word ‘dawdling’) are a four-piece band based in Lyon, France, whose name is a bit...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: April/2022
Beats Vol 2
With over 20 years’ experience of recording and performing both traditional and contemporary Pacific music, Te Vaka have always been...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: December/2020
Bones of Contention
From the streets of Glasgow, this trio – guitarist and singer John Langan, Alastair Caplin on fiddle, and double bassist...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Chants du Dedans, Chants du Dehors
Hearing Meïkhâneh’s album, Chants du Dedans, Chants du Dehors (Songs from Inside, Songs from Outside), is akin to waking up...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: August/September/2022
Neighbourhood
Floating Sofa Quartet are a pan-Scandinavian instrumental group hailing from Sweden, Denmark and Finland. In this second album, they've focused...
Reviewed by James Roriston in issue: March/2019
Lindé
After years of playing with Ali Farka Touré, Afel Bocoum seemed well placed to take over the great man’s mantle...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2020
Culture Kin
It has been seven years since the last album from this San Francisco string quartet led by Irene Sazer (a...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: November/2019
OPE
Since moving to the US more than 30 years ago, percussionist Sikiru Adepoju has played his talking drums with the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/2021
Dunrobin Place
It's hard not to sound like a broken record when talking about the albums of today's technically gifted, highly adept...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: March/2013
