Reviews
Live at Cooper Hall
The Derry singer is a reliably captivating live draw considering that voice, those songs, the subtle acoustic accompaniment of husband...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2021
In the Key of Joy
Parental guidance: multitude of guest artists. The rapper Common, for example, (dis)graces the opening track on the venerable Mr Mendes'...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2020
30: Real World at WOMAD
You might expect a compilation of Real World artists who have played at WOMAD over the last 30 years to...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2012
Sojourns: Volume 1
Following 2017's Tapestry, Nava are here again to prove that Irish and Persian music are not as unlikely bedfellows as...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: April/2020
Jenny Does Burn
Jenny Does Burn is the accomplished and moody debut album from Edinburgh-based Mairi Orr. Heavily influenced by American folk traditions...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2015
Te yn y Grug (Tea in the Heather)
Welsh musician Al Lewis is well established as a singer-songwriter, both as a solo artist and as half of Americana...
Reviewed by Elliw Iwan in issue: May/2020
A Parulluccia
Alba emerged from the rebirth of Corsican music at the end of the 20th century, honouring the distinctive polyphony of...
Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: June/2018
Cannibal Courtship
Dengue Fever's latest album is a step up from their last studio effort, Venus on Earth, in 2008. The band...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: July/2011
L’Hijaz Car
This is a sophisticated, thrilling, inventive disc recorded in Pigalle in Paris and reflecting the diverse musical instruments of the...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: June/2014
Amor (É Revolução)
It’s been ten years since Maga Bo released Quilombo do Futuro, his last solo full-length, and the sound hasn’t changed...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2022
