Bongo Joe is a Geneva-based record label, music shop, café-bar, mission statement and musical philosophy. The new project Yalla Miku...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2023
While collaborations bring together performers from all over the world, a project between Finnish and Beninese musicians still seems an...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Oysterband have had an impressive history, and they are certainly not finished yet. This is the 12th studio album, the...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: May/2022
Taiko is a term that covers an array of Japanese drums (known as wadaiko). Since the mid-20th century, taiko has...
Reviewed by Darran Smith in issue: May/2017
Imagine Tom Waits heading north and living for a while with Sámi musicians in Norway. Steinar Raknes has a voice...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
The latest volume in the É t h i o p i q u e s series presents a conundrum...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: March/2011
Cormac Byrne & Adam Summerhayes
This is an audacious piece of work by two accomplished musicians. Adam Summerhayes is a classically trained fiddler with a...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2019
One cannot help but be transported to the rolling hills of Zululand when listening to the Afrika Mamas’ latest, self-titled...
Reviewed by Franki Black in issue: June/2016
Growing up in Perthshire, Sophie Ramsay was immersed in the traditional songs and music of Scotland. Her latest album, consisting...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Kamalengoni player Craig Myers is a busy musician. He currently performs with Mike Gordon (of Phish fame) and was a...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: October/2017
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