Reviews
The Rough Guide to African Rare Groove Vol 1
It's rare that the Rough Guide series fails to deliver and this release is no exception. Originally the term rare...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Apr/May/2015
Expedition to the Lost World, Part II: Spring
Jarek Adamów is a Polish muti-instrumentalist – accordion, clarinet, hurdy-gurdy and many other things – with a strong interest in the raw...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: August/September/2022
Drifters & Vagabonds
With one foot in Scotland, the other in Austria and a few other limbs in Sweden and Vienna, Black Market...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Afrika Festival: Live in Hertme
The annual Afrika Festival in Hertme in the Netherlands has become one of the highlights of the European festival circuit...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: November/2016
Shorelines
Shorelines, the fifth solo album from the Irish multi-instrumentalist is an exciting, inspiring and thoroughly enchanting listen. A collection of...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2023
Afrika Festival: Live in Hertme 2
Orchestre Les Mangelepa & Dieuf-Dieul de Thies
The second CD to be released of live recordings from the excellent annual Afrika Festival in Hertme in the Netherlands...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: December/2018
Grenades
Kaia Kater's 2016 debut album Nine Pin won the young Canadian banjo player and singer-songwriter plenty of attention – including...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2019
1929
It is constantly amazing how many old-time bands are around today. From gutter punks busking on the streets of New...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
BaHarim: An Oud Fantasy
‘Set against a starry desert backdrop,’ Tidhar says, ‘my music is a meeting between me and the oud.’ True to...
Reviewed by Asher Breuer-Weil in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
