Reviews
Romancing the Past
Urbane male voices, in unison, constitute a vital force in Latin American folk music. In Mexico, one of the most...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2012
Towards the Light
Three musicians from different parts of the globe get together in Montréal, Canada, and decide to form a band. There’s...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: September/2024
The Winter Yards
This is – believe it or not – the first solo studio album from English folk singer-songwriter Steve Knightley in...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: February/March/2025
Preservation: An Album to Benefit Preservation Hall & the Preservation Hall Music Outreach Program
Preservation matches a wildly diverse collection of 20 well-known performers (The Blind Boys of Alabama, Angélique Kidjo, Merle Haggard and...
Reviewed by Roger Hahn in issue: October/2010
Alku: The Beginning
Violin, voice and jouhikko (Finnish bowed lyre) make for a powerful combination in this solo album from Päivi Hirvonen, who...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: October/2018
The Rip Tide
Unlike previous Beirut albums, there's precious little evidence of Zach Condon's cosmopolitan taste in music here. Gone are the mariachi...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
The Sahara Sessions
As the list of African acts, from Rokia Traoré to Bombino, seeking an indie rock‘n’roll makeover grows ever longer, Etran...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2013
The Trojan Story
Despite a series of late 60s chart hits by artists such as Desmond Dekker and Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican music faced...
Reviewed by David Katz in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
After the Tempest
It was in 1992 that British musicians Martin Cradick and Su Hart conceived their improbable fusion of Celtic and Baka...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2014
Make the Light
Kate Rusby has always interspersed her own compositions among traditional songs. Now, for the first time, she has made an...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2011
