Reviews
Chapter 1: Where Does Happiness Come From?
The introduction to a third generation of the Kuti family came with Mádé’s 2021 debut album For(e)ward, yet its impact...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/2025
Old Time Fantasias
Tennessee-based guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Joseph Allred is probably best known for his work as a solo musician, his earlier offerings...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: August/2025
Ego
This international collective formed 15 years ago in Brussels to explore their Afro-Colombian roots and fuse traditional rhythms with the...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: August/2025
Danse Divines
DjeuhDjoah & Lieutenant Nicholson
Danse Divines is the fourth album from this French duo with a sun-kissed Afropean lilt and beats ranging from disco...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/2025
The Winter Yards
This is – believe it or not – the first solo studio album from English folk singer-songwriter Steve Knightley in...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: February/March/2025
Undergrowth
This is the fifth album as leader by the Oslo-based trumpeter, who has long been a fixture on the Norwegian...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: February/March/2025
Un Éloge d’Oblique: Confluence #1.2.3
Constantly exploring and expanding the boundaries of her instrument, French kaval player Isabelle Courroy presents here a three-part album (which...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: February/March/2025
Looking for the Thread
Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart
This unexpected but very welcome silver lining collection first came together as a pandemic lockdown writing experiment. US singer-songwriter Carpenter...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: February/March/2025
Bayou Moonlight
Jeffery Broussard & The Nighttime Syndicate
From the second that Bayou Moonlight’s opening track, ‘Whatever’, hits you, it’s readily apparent that you’re in for a wild,...
Reviewed by Andrew Daly in issue: July/2025
Dancing the Line
Ultan O’Brien is a fiddler and composer hailing from County Clare in West Ireland with an interest in both the...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: July/2025
