Reviews

Taqâsîm

Omar Bashir

In an ideal world an oud (lute) player should be able to release an album safe in the knowledge that...

Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: March/2013

Oes i Oes

Cass Meurig & Nial Cain

Cass Meurig and Nial Cain have worked together for a number of years now. Their intimate and sensitive renditions of...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: June/2013

Folk Awards 2012

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Proper Records have been putting out these compilations, based on the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards nominations, since 2005 and...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Apr/May/2012

Viento y Marea

Jerez Texas

Jazz and flamenco are niche genres that have had towering peaks yet are currently in troughs in terms of both...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2014

Wild Kingdom

Hot Club of Cowtown

Anyone who isn't able to catch the Texan trio on their UK tour this November can console themselves with this,...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2019

Soprem Bons Ventos

Pedro Ricardo

Pedro Ricardo, Portuguese multi-instrumentalist, DJ and producer, explains that his debut album represents “an ode to the past, to those...

Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: April/2023

Ilé

Omar Sosa

The title is a Yoruba word meaning ‘Homecoming’, for Sosa's latest is steeped in the Latin jazz the Cuban-born pianist...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2015

Tuneship

Daimh

Daimh have long been regarded as one of the most exciting Gaelic bands on the live scene. Tuneship sees the...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: March/2014

Let Love Rule

Archie Roach

Listening to veteran Aboriginal singer-songwriter Archie Roach's tenth album is a tender and touching experience. The title-track opens with the...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2017

Joa

Coco Mbassi

Coco Mbassi is a versatile and highly accomplished Paris-based female singer from Cameroon. She has recorded and performed live as...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Apr/May/2015