Reviews
O
This album prompts that age-old question: is simply singing in a foreign language enough to be world music? Or as...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: June/2013
To Scratch Your Heart: Early Recordings from Istanbul
One of many surprisingly delightful Middle Eastern releases of the last two years was Honest Jon’s compilation of remastered Iraqi...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: October/2010
Overheard
Birdsong features on a range of recent folk-inflected albums – our avian friends are the exotic new back-ups (although solo...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2022
OneZero
On April 6 this year, Sawhney recorded an unplugged session before a live audience direct to vinyl, without the safety...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2013
Fenfo
Can it really be seven years since Fatoumata Diawara's debut on World Circuit announced her as the brightest new female...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2018
Ziggy Marley
Bob Marley's most prolific son, Ziggy Marley, returns with a sixth studio album, aiming to put the world to rights...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
I’m Glad About It: The Legacy of Gospel Music in Louisville, 1958-1981
According to contributing singer Bessie Leavell Palmer, ‘gospel music is written out of the depths of somebody’s soul.’ Well, this...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: January/2025
Absolutely The… Uniques
Sweet harmonies reign supreme on this previously ultra-rare Trojan release, available now for the first time since 1968. In Jamaica,...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: May/2018
Eritrea's Got Soul
Eritrea has become Africa's forgotten country – certainly when it comes to music. Bordered on one side by the Red...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Songs Without Authors Vol 1
Every emerging folk singer likes to think their interpretation offers the listener a chance to hear, to think, something new:...
Reviewed by Sophie Parkes in issue: November/2021
