Reviews

Vesevo

Vesevo

The name of these highly respected Neapolitan musicians derives from the volcano that embodies many of the anxieties of the...

Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: March/2016

Timber

Bryan Rahija

Add Bryan Rahija to the ranks of superb fingerstyle guitar pickers from the Piedmont region – Durham, North Carolina, to...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2021

Nuun

Albaitil Ashwai

Albaitil Ashwai's members, who include Qais Raja (vocals and guitar), Feras Arrabi (lead guitar) and Qased Ihsan (accordion), have collaborated...

Reviewed by Marwan Shamiyeh in issue: July/2018

Morso

Dimitris Mystakidis

Guitarist and singer Dimitris Mystakidis is well-versed in the traditions of both Greek folk music and, especially, rebetika. And he...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: April/2023

Oka Vanga

Oka Vanga

The third album from this folk-Americana duo is for the most part a welcome remedy during challenging times, being a...

Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: April/2021

Remember

Kamatana

This is a style of music that has received little exposure outside of the Nyanza province in western Kenya. It...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Head Above the Water

Brigid Mae Power

This is the Galway singer's third album, recorded at the analog Green Door studio in Glasgow with Alasdair Roberts co-producing...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sept/2020

Wairunga

Fat Freddy''s Drop

Fat Freddy's Drop have been favourites on the local scene for two decades while also building a considerable global following....

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: November/2021

Shell Story

Twelfth Day

Described as a ‘sister companion release’ to last year's The Devil Makes Three, four of the seven tracks on this...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2015

Night + Day

Opium Moon

With their debut album winning a Grammy for Best New Age Album back in 2019, the sophomore release from this...

Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: December/2021