Reviews
Mãe
Cristina Branco has always been a bit reluctant to call herself a fadista. And it is not hard to understand...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: November/2023
Tornadon Silmässä
The word ‘vimma’ means ‘frenzy’ in Finnish and this young band’s frenzy is against climate change and the despoliation of...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: January/February/2024
Afro Jazz Folk Collection Vol 2
Three years ago, Mieruba – a rarity among crate-digging enterprises in that the label is actually based in West Africa...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2024
Roots 2
The sense of community created by Devon folk duo Show of Hands is perhaps their greatest achievement. It begins on...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2024
Onaida
Dutch-born singer and percussionist Natascha Rogers released ‘O Baba’ as the first single from this album, With its strong Yoruba...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: April/2024
Círculo Radiante
Folk singer and experimental artist Soema Montenegro, born in Buenos Aires, has produced her fifth album in tribute to the...
Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: December/2023
Yellow Roses
Nominated in the Best Emerging Artist category of the RTÉ Folk Awards 2024, Niamh Bury is swiftly rising as one...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: June/2024
Sensible or Otherwise
Widely regarded as one of the UK’s finest flatpicking guitarists, Charlotte Carrivick offers up a dozen tasty instrumental tracks on...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: February/March/2025
Norwegian Electronic Folk Music
Kenneth Lien & Center of the Universe
Norway has a thriving and intriguing experimental folk scene, and multi-instrumentalist Kenneth Lien is one of its key exponents. I...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: December/2025
Taracá
A significant record, not least because there are so few Uruguayan artists on the world stage, let alone ones releasing...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: May/2026
