Reviews
While Rome Burns
In last year's referendum, Scotland voted to remain in the European Union, and the title of Scottish-based trio Bellevue Rendezvous’...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: August/2017
Vaivaik
From Taiwan, Sauljaljui is one of the island’s strongest vocalists, hailing from the aboriginal Paiwan people. She performed an impressive...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: May/2025
Won’t be Long Now
On her first album in seven years, one of the most truthful voices in music remains powerful and unyielding, no...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
The Invisible Comes to Us
Memory is an elusive and unreliable thing. The second album from the American folk duo passes like a memory recalled...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2018
Palaver
Ebo Taylor | Ebo Taylor Jnr with Wuta Wazutu
One of the most satisfying rediscoveries of the crate-digging phenomenon of recent years has been Ebo Taylor, the veteran Ghanaian...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2019
Partir
Swiss-Albanian singer Elina Duni's work until now has been with a jazz group, but her new offering is an entirely...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Coffee Creek
What does modern bluegrass sound like? It sounds like The Slocan Ramblers – who sound a lot like the great...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2016
Ya Nass
Although relatively unknown in Europe, Yasmine Hamdan is something of an icon among the educated urban elite of the Arab...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: July/2013
Let Them Speak
This is an album recorded by 18 musicians, separated by 18,000km. The Umoza Music Project is a joint Malawian and...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: December/2015
