Reviews
1783
With his latest album, 1783, the Nova Scotian hip-hop/R&B artist Lance Sampson (Aquakultre), continues his exploration and explication of a...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: February/March/2026
Rock & Roll Jihad
Junoon have been Pakistan’s leading rock group for the last 20 years, but the latest release under the banner is...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
The Klezmer Shul Live!
Veretski Pass are a trio of top American klezmer musicians – Cookie Segelstein on violin, Joshua Horowitz on accordion and...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2012
Le Mississippi
This double CD comes with extensive notes (in French and English), providing a broad contemporary overview of roots music along...
Reviewed by Garth Carthwright in issue: Apr/May/2015
Consonnances
Tri Nguyen & The Ilios Quartet
In zither master Tri Nguyen, Vietnam has a fine ambassador for its traditional music. This recording has a clearly defined...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2015
Trotula
Hailing from Salerno, Italy, Hartmann Ensemble release a debut whose title is inspired by Trotula De Ruggiero, a celebrated woman...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: October/2021
Song to a Refugee
After five fine albums of Appalachian-tinged folk songs, Diana Jones felt too devastated by the horror of Trump’s election to...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2020
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
Ancient Tribal Hearts
Prepare yourself for the mystical noise of Ka Safar – a 13-piece world jazz juggernaut whose name means ‘Spirit Journey’...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: May/2022
