Reviews
Fathoms
Each of them is an acclaimed solo artist in their own right, but together, The Furrow Collective continue to be...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Diamonds on the Water
After two years touring and picking upa brace of awards for Ragged Kingdom, Oysterband's reunion collaboration with June Tabor, Diamonds...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Apr/May/2014
The Great Jamaican Songbook, Vol 1
Cleveland Watkiss is known both as a gifted jazz vocalist and a founding member of Metalheadz – the drum’n’bass outfit...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: May/2022
Thamesis
If you like your folk music sophisticated, self-confident and highly original, read on. The third album from this über-cool London...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2014
ARC
Although this is only McGoldrick's fifth solo album in 22 years and his first since 2010, the genial Manchester-based flute,...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: July/2018
Trikala
One wonders whether in a past life Simon Thacker was a Bengali itinerant Baul mystic musician, or perhaps a South...
Reviewed by Fiona Mactaggart in issue: March/2019
La Légende de Dakar
One thing that can never be faked or replicated is the easy, yet super-tight swing of a band that has...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Hiva
Ahmad Al Khatib & Kaveh Mahmudiyan
Ahmad Al Khatib and Kaveh Mahmudiyan have created Hiva, an album of traditional Ottoman-styled oud and percussion commissioned by Global...
Reviewed by Yousif Nur in issue: June/2024
I Too am a Stranger
The Sorcerers are not exactly prolific – this is their third album in nine years – but they are a...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: May/2024
Djiyo
Ablaye Cissoko & Cyrille Brotto
Anyone who heard Ablaye Cissoko & Cyrille Brotto on their last collaboration, Instant from 2022, will probably want to hear...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2025
