Reviews
Music for the Mother
The Sierra Nevada is a special mountain range. On the Caribbean coast, it’s the highest peak on any ocean and,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: January/2021
Quarter to Six
Idan Raichel has become an important figure in Israeli music – this album has already gone double platinum there –...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: March/2014
The Bold Kerryman
Known as one of Ireland's foremost singers and accordionists, Seamus Begley has variously recorded with members of his famous musical...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: November/2015
We Are Each Other, This Will Set Us Free
The debut album from Bristol-based singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist boci covers a lot of ground musically, yet is rooted in...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: November/2022
Acoustic Classics
This may sport one of the least inspiring pieces of cover art you’re ever likely to have seen, but the...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2014
Needle & Thread
Dom Prag is a young singer and guitarist from Southampton who discovered the world of traditional folk song when he...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2022
Romancing the Past
Urbane male voices, in unison, constitute a vital force in Latin American folk music. In Mexico, one of the most...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2012
The One and The Many
Great things are expected of Muntu Valdo, the Cameroonian musician who turned up in London from Paris three years ago...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2011
Strange and Dangerous Times: New American Roots
The alt-country movement in the 90s was a reaction to the candyfloss of modern Nashville. It gave birth to a...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2015
