Reviews

Lúireach

Landless

Landless are a female vocal quartet – Ruth Clinton, Sinéad Lynch, Méabh Meir, Lily Power – newly into their second...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: July/2024

Chicken & Egg

Tim O’Brien

The 13th studio album from one of contemporary America's most prolific, adventurous and adaptable folk/country musicians, Chicken & Egg is...

Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: October/2010

Don’t You Want To Go?

Betse Ellis

A superbly talented fiddle player from Kansas City, Missouri, and member of the acoustic bluegrass band The Wilders, Betse Ellis...

Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Jan/Feb/2010

Fadaytak

SHIRAN

The Israeli-Yemeni singer SHIRAN clearly loves to mix things up. The list of sub-genres that have been associated with her...

Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: November/2022

Ash

Ibeyi

There is so much going on here, on so many different levels, it's hard to know where to begin. There...

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Jan/Feb/2018

Gwandena

Timpana

Is dilution helpful for diffusion? Are synths and dance beats the best/only way to expand the audience from grey-beards to...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: January/February/2023

SafarNameh

Ziya Tabassian

Ziya Tabassian is an Iranian-born percussionist based in Canada. His main instrument is the tombak, the Persian goblet-shaped drum on...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2026

Traverse

Laura Risk, Nicholas Williams & Rachel Aucoin

Californian Laura Risk now resides in Montreal and has been playing Québécois fiddle for decades. Traverse is her first solo...

Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: October/2023

Oberkas Travel

Oberkas Travel

Oberkas Travel are as close to a supergroup as one can get. A quartet of seasoned members of Warsaw’s alternative...

Reviewed by Michał Wieczorek in issue: February/March/2026

Hailu Mergia & His Classical Instrument: Shemonmuanaye

Hailu Mergia

Whilst we’re used to hearing lilting scales from vintage Ethiopia, this latest reissue from Awesome Tapes from Africa is like...

Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: October/2013