Reviews
Notes from the Boat
It's an incredible line-up that Mike Vass has gathered for his latest album, with guests including Anna Massie, Duncan Chisholm,...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2018
The Tunis Diaries
This is a sprawling double album from the highly cosmopolitan and experimental Tunisian-born, New York-based singer-songwriter Emel. Hot on the...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2021
Black Times
With Femi Kuti's musical output slowing in recent times, his younger brother Seun's passion continues to burn bright as he...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: May/2018
Bright Phoebus
An aura surrounds Bright Phoebus; this is the legendary, lost masterpiece of modern English folk. The Watersons sang traditional songs...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2017
In Which
Alex Cumming, Kate Locksley, Rosie Calvert and Will Finn met in 2010 on the Folk and Traditional Music degree course...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2021
Blues Menessen
Born and raised in Cameroon half a century ago, but resident in France for the last couple of decades, Tchakounté's...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2011
Word of Mouth
Most musicians, when they make an album, head for a recording studio full of sophisticated equipment. Seth Lakeman has an...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2014
Amália Classics on Portuguese Guitar
While never the diva, Custódio Castelo has nevertheless been an animating presence in the world of fado for many decades...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: May/2020
Chants of India
Ravi Shankar | Ravi Shankar & Ali Akbar Khan
HariSongs is a new label set up to re-release some of the music in the family archive of the late...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
