Reviews
Isbrytaren
If there is any rivalry between the nations Sweden and Norway, it’s been set aside by this duo for 50...
Reviewed by Gus Isherwood in issue: October/2013
If Paradise
The GUO must be one of the more ambitious and fluid big-bands in existence. Led by trombonist Tony Haynes, it...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2012
Dur-Dur of Somalia: Volume 1 & Volume 2
They were the biggest band in 1980s Somalia, huge across the whole Horn of Africa, and they're not completely unknown...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2018
MTV Unplugged
This album, recorded in 2011 in Miami and first released at the end of May 2012, made number one in...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2013
Ramblin' Soul
Count this as a lucky ramble in Melissa Carper's beloved Dodge van (the subject of one of her 11 original...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: April/2023
Moda Velha
During the 20th century Portugal was under the gloomy spell of one of the world's longest dictatorships – highly conservative...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: November/2016
I Saw a Sign: 1940-1947 Recordings
Smithsonian Folkways has done such a splendid job in curating Woody Guthrie's legacy via a superbly presented and award-winning set...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2018
Ghana Fenou
Offspring of ultra-famous artists tread a difficult path forging their own musical style: witness sundry mini Marleys and Kutis. This...
Reviewed by Phil Sweeney in issue: June/2011
Achai
Although throat singing exists in many parts of the world (there's even a throat singing tradition among the Thembu Xhosa...
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: December/2016
Here We Go 1, 2, 3
There's a personal feel to proceedings on this fifth solo album from the Irish-born, multiple BBC Folk Award nominee. Not...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: November/2016
