Reviews
Footsteps in the Snow
L'Attirail featuring Sidi Bémol
In true L'Attirail fashion, Footsteps in the Snow is a journey rooted in travel and storytelling. Here, sounds float in...
Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: April/2021
Black Birds are Dancing Over Me
Danny Michel & The Garifuna Collective
For those who do not know him or his work, Danny Michel is a folk-rock singer from Ontario, whose reflective,...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: October/2013
Guitar Duos of Kemal Belevi
Kemal Belevi is a Turkish Cypriot composer and guitarist. Though his Cyprian Rhapsodies Nos 1-4, Suite Chypre and Turkish Suite,...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2021
Destination: Fellside Recordings 1976-2018
The label Fellside has been a significant force in independent folk music recording for 42 years, with more than 600...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2018
Bykerumba
Now in their 22nd year, Newcastle-upon-Tyne's The Baghdaddies are the elder statesmen of the UK's Balkan fusion scene. In contrast...
Reviewed by Tom Wagner in issue: July/2018
Our World in Song
Wu Man, Luis Conte & Daniel Ho
“What would it sound like,” pondered Wu Man, “if I played folk songs from around the world such as ‘Frère...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Tribute to Legends: Ghulam Ali
This disc is, theoretically at least, a homage to the ghazal legend Ghulam Ali as imagined by Pakistani superstar Shafqat...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: March/2023
The Paths of Pain: The CAIFE Label, Quito, 1960-68
London record shop/label Honest Jon’s is never short of rare musical treasure and what a treat they have served up...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: December/2021
Piobaireachd/Pipe Music
Deeply rooted in the classical sound of the Great Highland bagpipe, the piper and multi-instrumentalist Fraser Fifield’s latest release is...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: December/2021
Kaléidoscope
It's easy to feel the pulse of Afrobeat — funky, percussive grooves and jazzy arrangements often paired with conscious, passionate...
Reviewed by Jordan Barnes in issue: April/2017
