Reviews
Windblown
Jamie Smith’s Mabon, the five-piece featuring accordion, fiddle, bouzouki, banjo, bass and percussion, draw their musical inspirations from the Celtic...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Afrique Mon Désir
Laurinda Hofmeyr, Afrique mon Désir Ensemble & Régis Gizavo & #9;
For more than two decades, Laurinda Hofmeyr has specialised in setting the poetry of her native South Africa to music....
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: July/2018
Cotonou Club
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou
Listen to the opening track, ‘Ne Te Faches Pas’, and you'll hear a powerful muscular testament to the rebirth of...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2011
Verging on the Perpendicular
Clawhammer banjo player, singer and songwriter Dan Walsh is a prolific performer and is becoming an ever more noticeable figure...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2017
Ethiocolor
Ethiocolor is a new project exploring cultural traditions from across Ethiopia, and the sounds of its northern azmari culture in...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: March/2015
Nick Harts Sings Ten English Folk Songs
The third studio album from folk singer Nick Hart will ring a bell. With dry humour, he is totting up...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2022
Trallalero Levantin
Orchestra Bailam e Canterini Genovesi
Trallalero is traditional Genoese polyphonic a capella choir singing, described by Alan Lomax after his post-war field recording trip as...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: December/2019
Tucson-Habana
Since 1997, Amparanoia have built up a small but fervent following with a sound that combines Spanish agit–pop of the...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Apr/May/2010
Black Ants Always Fly Together, One Bangle Makes No Sound
Along with the magnificent Konono No 1, Kasai Allstars played a key role in the Congotronics movement, creating wild, hypnotic...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2021
