Reviews
Nueva Antología
Originally released two decades ago, this dazzling double album was, for many, the introduction to Compay Segundo immediately prior to...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2018
Global Griot
Eric Bibb knows what he's doing by now. He's released about 40 albums, give or take, and netted a bunch...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
The Road to Horn Fair
An attractively packaged release from a hard-working band from York, this is the third album released under the name of...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: May/2019
Spectres
This instrumental folk duo are young musicians with a long pedigree. Immersed in the English folk scenesince birth, they are...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: January/2021
Seben Steps to Heaven
Formed in Yorkshire and now based in London, Congo Dia Ntotila is comprised of a mixture of African (mostly Congolese)...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Zembrocal Musical
Groove Lélé are a Creole group from the island La Réunion, located in the Indian Ocean to the east of...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Echo in the Valley
Although they've been married since 2009, Béla Fleck, the world's premier banjo player, and clawhammer banjo player and singer Abigail...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Folk Music from Transylvania, Then and Now
The revival of authentic Transylvanian music was central to the Hungarian táncház (dance house) movement in the 1980s and 90s....
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2018
Live at 10: The 10th Anniversary Concert
A decade after their debut album, County Antrim's Beoga are celebrating with a lively and satisfyingly long anniversary CD and...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: July/2014
Home Recordings
Simpson was scheduled to deliver a live album this year. Instead, he went home, found a room, pressed record, and...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/2021
