Reviews
Rivers: From the Congo to the Mississippi
A veteran soukous guitarist from the DRC, Siama Matuzungidi played on local hits by the likes of Kanda Bongo Man,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2016
Big Blue Desert
It is a measure of Mehdi Haddab's intensity and generosity that the oud player conjures an imaginary galaxy in the...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
The Space Between
Kicking off with a fiery, drum-pounding reel courtesy of Jerry Holland (‘Brenda Stubbert’s Reel’) and closing with the rather spooky...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: November/2022
Incidents & Accidents
The best tracks on British singer and banjo player Dan Walsh's previous album, The Same but Different, were its solo...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Apr/May/2015
Folk Songs
There are few more reliable guarantees of quality in any form of contemporary music than if the name Kronos appears...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2017
Mazovian Roots Re:action
Warsaw Village Band, now well entrenched as Poland's best-known folk music export, have a history of experimentation and collaboration. Sometimes...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2019
Aquí Los Bravos
Michi Sarmiento y su Combo Bravo
Every time a new album comes out of one of Colombia's coastal regions, one fact becomes ever clearer: if it...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2011
Wandering Father, Forgotten Son
Wandering Father, Forgotten Son is a tribute to the somewhat fraught relationship between singer-songwriter Silas Lowe and his father, Roy...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2017
Strì
The singer Maeve Mackinnon's third studio album, Strì (meaning ‘to strive’ or ‘to struggle’) is a beautiful piece of work....
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: May/2018
A World Like This
Seasoned producer and performer of what he describes as ‘folk/roots/labour and protest music,’ George Mann is a former union organiser...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2022
