Reviews
Nae Sweets for Shy Bairns
Heather Downie's debut alum, Nae Sweets for Shy Bairns, is a fine introduction to her talents. A mix of self-penned...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: April/2018
Echo en México
In 1970s Peru, the cumbia beat from Colombia was given a psychedelic makeover thanks to raw electric guitars and Farfisa...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: November/2016
Tóg É Go Bog É
Newly reissued on double-vinyl, Tóg É Go Bog É (Take it Easy) is Kíla's 1997 sophomore offering. Then already well-established...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Crazy Groove
Internationally renowned for his work with Miriam Makeba and Toots Thielemans, and for popularising forró music in Brazil, the Brazilian...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Alep-Brest
Aleppo in northern Syria has lived through tragedy. Its name now resonates with the pain of a brutal war, which...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Strovilos
This is another winner from the class act that brought us the great albums Zivo and Samás. Here they are...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: July/2020
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Vōytek (The Bear)
Klezmer has a rebel soul and this is certainly not absent in Tantz's debut album. The fact that they have...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
In Buenos Aires
Fraser Fifield, Walther E Castro, Quique Sinesi, Mono Hurtado
Argentina has a healthy Celtic music scene, thanks to its small but significant populations of Scottish and Irish extraction and...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2017
The Ultimate Guide to Welsh Folk
This richly varied introduction to the Welsh folk music tradition is an important contribution from the lesser known and often...
Reviewed by Elliw Iwan in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Nkolo
Pascal ‘Lokua’ Kanza has roots in Congo–Kinshasa and Rwanda, two nations afflicted by the greatest contemporary tragedies Africa has known....
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: Apr/May/2010
