Reviews

Timeline

Suarasama

Suarasama, which means ‘one voice’, is a small ensemble of musicians and ethnomusicologists from North Sumatra. Formed in 1995 by...

Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: June/2023

Madíbá

Blick Bassy

It was always going to be a tough ask to follow up on Blick Bassy's seminal 2019 album 1958 (A...

Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: July/2023

Biama

Lebeha Drummers

This Garifuna group is based at the Lebeha Drumming Center in Hopkins Village, Belize, which opened in 2003 with the...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: August/September/2023

Vision of Three

Northern Resonance

In 2017 Swedish viola d’amore player Anna Ekborg Hans-Ers started to realise her dream of establishing a string trio grounded...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: April/2024

Dotze Temps

Lluís Gómez

Lluís Gómez’ story is an improbable one. A voracious Spanish musical student from a young age, he quickly learned to...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: September/2024

Femmina

Gera Bertolone

The vocalist and clarinettist Gera Bertolone hails from Sicily, and here puts together an album of original songs which blend...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: January/2025

Kagaza

DJ Dadaman & Moscow Dollar

During the early 2000s, a bunch of artists and producers in Pretoria including DJ Mujava and DJ Spoko developed an...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2025

Hunter Folk Vol II: Tribute to Bantoma Sanogo

Pelengana Blo

This recording by Pelengana Blo, a member of the Donsoya, the Mande hunters’ brotherhood, pays tribute to the society’s rich...

Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: April/2026

Fryd

SVER

SVER describe themselves as ‘Norwegian folk music with relentless energy and seductive spark!’ It's the kind of phrase that usually...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: November/2015

Avalanche

Ímar

Ímar, a quintet who met on Glasgow's trad music scene, form an alliance of Scottish, Irish and Manx idioms. Their...

Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: December/2018