Reviews

Knou

Malouma

Malouma Mint Meidah is a remarkable woman. She is a griot and a fine singer from Mauritania who has used...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Roots of Life

Los Chicharrons

Here's some Malian-inspired musical innovation from an unlikely source: maverick dance music producers Los Chicharrons, also known as the odd...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2011

The Ballad of Johnny Longstaff

The Young'uns

“If they were expecting any rewards, they didn't get any rewards. They were the first people to be victimised,” we...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2019

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