Reviews
Tango Roto Live
Johanna Juhola has earned herself a reputation as one of the finest Finnish accordionists to emerge in recent years: a...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Apr/May/2011
Calypsos, Boogies, Rockers, Ballads & Bluebeat: The Rise of Black Music in Britain
There has been a surge of interest over recent years in the roots of black music in Britain. The London...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Bigger Than Home
The hang – the flying saucer-shaped Swiss-made percussive instrument that, although played by palms and fingers, sounds not unlike a...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: July/2013
Dreams of Sleep and Wakes of Sound
Laraaji, Merz & Shahzad Ismaily
New Age zither master Laraaji began his career busking in the parks of New York, where he was ‘discovered’ by...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Folk Music of China Vol 6: Folk Songs of China's Tajik & Russian Minorities
You would be forgiven for mistaking this album for one from the former Soviet Union. It is instead music by...
Reviewed by Mu Qian in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Klezmer from the New World
This is a clarinet and accordion duo, Susi Evans being one of the best klezmer clarinettists of our day, playing...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2021
You Are Free
Perhaps best known as one third of the mighty Talisk, Graeme Armstrong’s debut solo album presents the singer-songwriter as a...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2022
Reggae Power/Woman Capture Man
Whatever the line-up, vocal harmony group The Ethiopians have always been the vehicle of Leonard Dillon. A convert to Rastafarianism,...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: May/2018
Heard a Long Gone Song
Lisa O'Neill won plaudits in the folk world for her 2016 debut Pothole in the Sky. This led to her...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2019
