Reviews

Intercosmic

Slavo Rican Assembly

I sometimes recall a faintly surreal encounter outside the Bosnian city of Mostar, a few years after the war, in...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: December/2022

Tales

Firasso

In trying to sum up the output of German instrumental trio Firasso, the best I can do is chamber folk....

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: Aug/Sep/2021

What Makes You

Elephant Sessions

Indie folk champions Elephant Sessions return with their second album, and a cracker it is too. Winners of Live Act...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Aug/Sep/2019

Sun Dogs

Snowflake Trio

Comprising Ireland's Nuala Kennedy and Norway's Frode Haltli and Vegar Vårdal, Snowflake Trio provide a rare mix of jigs and...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: May/2019

Live in Mostar

Divanhana

Divanhana are a young Sarajevo-based band who have an old-fashioned work ethic: they get on the road and tour! This...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: August/2017

Melokáane

Élage Diouf

Born in Senegal but resident in Canada for the past 20 years, percussionist Elage Diouf has toured the world with...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2017

Victor Menace!!!

Victor Menace

Victor Menace sounds like a cartoon debt collector but is in fact Ruth Theodore’s new band. Her previous album, White...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2012

Ancora

Flook

After early success with three albums that positioned them as a force to be reckoned with, Flook went silent in...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: July/2019

Flight

Afro Celt Sound System

Afro Celt Sound System's 20th anniversary comeback, 2016's The Source, was a big success, winning them a Songlines Music Award...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2019

Chante Adonis

Abed Azrié

Both the singer Abed Azrié and the poet Adonis (the pen-name of Ali Ahmad Said Esber) are typical of a...

Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: July/2012