Reviews
Terra Boa
This debut album from London bassist, composer and bandleader Jonny Wickham presents a heartfelt love letter to Afro-Brazilian rhythmic traditions....
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: October/2023
Borderlines & Bloodlines
One of the standout folk albums of 2023 in the UK, which almost flew under the radar, Birmingham-based Germa Adan’s...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: March/2024
New Ancient Strings
Toumani Diabaté & Ballaké Sissoko
Reissued to mark the 25th anniversary of its 1999 release on Joe Boyd’s Hannibal label, New Ancient Strings remains a...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2024
My Black Country: The Songs of Alice Randall
Anyone who enjoyed the 2019 Smithsonian Folkways album Songs of Our Native Daughters is going to love My Black Country....
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2024
Souvenirs
The world lost a unique composer with the passing of Emahoy Tsege-Mariam Gebru at the age of 99 last year....
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2024
Ulyap Songs: Beyond Circassian Tradition
Fans of the traditional sounds of the Northern Caucasus will be familiar with the name of Bulat Khalilov and the...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: April/2024
Cumbia Cumbia Cumbia!!! Vol 2
While the first volume of Vampisoul’s panoramic survey of Colombian cumbia focused on Discos Fuentes, the follow-up lights up the...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: August/2024
Temporal Waves
Canadian tabla player Shawn Mativetsky has performed and recorded across many genres for the past 25 years, but this is...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: August/2024
Olio / Alien
Talvitie is a Finnish singer-songwriter who describes herself as “a nomad folk artist”, a “one-woman band” of piano, percussion (including...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2026
Aman Aman: Greek-Anatolian Laments
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
At the turn of the 20th century, two of the most cosmopolitan cities of the eastern Mediterranean were Constantinople and...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: May/2026
