Reviews

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Matuki

Gambian percussionist and singer Ebou Sanyang formed Matuki in Bristol last year and their live debut was at Glastonbury Festival....

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Atlantic Oscillations

Quantic

It often seems Will Holland takes delight in confounding his audience. Just take his last three albums as Quantic: a...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2019

Amadjar

Tinariwen

Following the takeover of their homeland in northern Mali by militant Islamists in 2012, Tinariwen recorded their last two albums...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2019

Brass Like it Hot

Dzambo Agusevi Orchestra

Dzambo Agusevi was born in 1987 into a Roma musical family in Strumica, Macedonia, and joined his father's orchestra playing...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: December/2016

Brut de Bratsch 1973-2013

Bratsch

For their 40th anniversary last year, this veteran French group have released a blockbuster of a commemorative set: not only...

Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: June/2014

Restitute

Eliza Carthy

In 2016, the Wayward Band, the ensemble of gifted musicians Eliza Carthy first assembled in 2013, suffered what she describes...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2019

Renayate

Houria Aïchi

Houria Aïchi’s reputation has been built on her performances of songs from her native Aurès, the mountainous region in the...

Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: June/2013

The Phosphorescent Blues

Punch Brothers

Every mention of Chris Thile inevitably describes him as the best mandolin player in the world. Reviews of Punch Brothers’...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: March/2015

Cali

Pixvae

As much as I try, I can't get on with Pixvae. Cali is their second album and it very much...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2019

Irish Rock’n’Roll

The Mary Wallopers

‘Well here I am from Paddy’s Land,’ sings Charles Hendy in the opening line of ‘The Bauld O’Donoghue’, the first...

Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: November/2023