Reviews
Psalms of Loneliness
The tanbur is a sacred instrument for many Kurdish people. It has a powerful voice, as a statement of cultural...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2010
Silk & Stone
Amira Medunjanin is one of the great voices of the Balkans. A decade ago her album Rosa was a fantastic...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2015
We Are Going to Bremen to be Musicians
Geoff Berner is an accordionist, singer and songwriter. This album quickly establishes that he's Jewish and Canadian – both subjects...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2016
A Collection of Songs in the Traditional & Sean-Nós Style
Drawn from several generations of unaccompanied traditional singers, these are freshly recorded and collected, aside from Rosie Stewart’s ‘Jug of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2023
The Rough Guide to the Music of Afghanistan
The music of Afghanistan is something of a cause célèbre for Simon Broughton and here he presents his personal selection...
Reviewed by John Baily in issue: October/2010
Take The High Road
There’s an obvious parallel between the Blind Boys of Alabama and South Africa’s Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Both are veteran vocal...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Beauty in the Dirt
Cory Seznec takes the formula he developed with folk trio Groanbox – Americana with global twists – and sets out...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: October/2014
Riots in the Jungle
Skip & Die are an enigmatic creative duo who've made a debut album that could and should be reviewed by...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: March/2013
The Old Fabled River
For this project, Alasdair Roberts was invited by fiddler Hans Kjorstad to Oslo to reinterpret songs from Roberts’ back catalogue...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Tricks of the Trade
There's a rich luxurious feel to the many beautiful instrumental tunes on this debut from John Dipper and Dave Malkin....
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2017
