Reviews
Kanamalu
Welcome to a new music label, bravely launching with a brace of albums by Portuguese-based artists, including this fine outing....
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
The First Snow
Ronan le Bars plays the cornemuse Irlandaise – better known as uilleann pipes – and he's brought their distinctive timbre...
Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: December/2016
Africa Today
Hailed by Seun Kuti as ‘one of the best things to come out of Lagos,’ the trumpeter and composer Etuk...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2020
Dawn Chorus
The solo studio project of multi-instrumentalist composer and producer Joe Acheson, Dawn Chorus is by turns lyrical, expansive, indulgent and...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2017
Working Hands
Shetland Islander Jenna Reid is often seen involved with Blazin' Fiddles and fiddle quartet Rant, but here she has regrouped...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: May/2019
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn
As the world's premier banjo player, Fleck has ranged across jazz, classical and world music, dramatically expanding the instrument's repertoire...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Amadran
After becoming familiar with Bassekou Kouyaté's thrilling electrified ngoni, it's fascinating to hear an album of solo, acoustic ngoni playing,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2019
New Era Frequency
Best known as the dynamic frontwoman for Australian roots band Blue King Brown, Nattali Rize (aka Natalie Pa’apa’a) has recently...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2017
A la Manera Artesana
Spanish folk has a quality perfect for our times: the ability to wail, complain and lament and, at the same...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2022
Beginner's Guide to Scandinavia
Strictly speaking, Scandinavia consists of Norway, Sweden and Denmark, but compiler Tatiana Rucinska has opted here to defer to common...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2011
