Reviews
Cha Cha Cha
Abelardo Barroso with Orquesta Sensación
Before achieving its great success with releasing new artists and albums, the World Circuit label excelled at licensing and re-releasing...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Roamin’
Danny Keane has spent the last decade abseiling across the face of world music, working with Anoushka Shankar, Nitin Sawhney...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2020
Abundance
Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas
The collaboration between Alasdair Fraser, a US-based Scottish violinist and all-round fiddle music evangelist, and American cellist Natalie Haas is...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Apr/May/2014
Transglobal Roots Fusion
In 2012, the Swedish folk group Kolonien set up Världens Band as an experiment, creating an unlikely mash-up that combines...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: March/2016
Les Voix du Vent Avec Cordes et Piano
Le Vent du Nord, Le Quatuor Trad, Philippe Prud’homme
The title tells what’s different here for Le Vent du Nord, multi-winners of Canadian Folk Music Awards since their formation...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: November/2023
All is Forgiven
Lilli Lewis has been labelled a ‘folk rock diva’, but that only describes part of her style. Based in New...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: April/2024
Digital Indigenous 05: Katula
Hailing from northern Malawi, this gospel choir began their recording career by accident when they began collecting money to build...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/February/2024
Les Secrets du Ciel
Yann Falquet is best-known as the singer and guitarist who co-founded the award-winning Québécois folk trio Genticorum, celebrated for their...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: June/2024
İstanbul Sokakları
Hailed as ‘legendary’ this Istanbul-based four piece has been creating music best described as psychedelic for almost 30 years and...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: December/2024
Latem (Summertime)
WoWaKin are a Polish trio playing violin, three-row accordion and drums with all the verve and vivacity of a village...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2024
