Reviews
Sahel Folk
Sidi Touré’s first album, Hoga, appeared 14 years ago on Stern’s and it is an indication of how the global...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2011
Election Special
Cooder has mined a rich vein of vernacular Americana in recent years, culminating with last year’s wonderful Pull Up Some...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2012
Hubcap Music
The Californian bluesman’s fifth album doesn’t mess about. Following the sound of an engine revving up, opening track ‘Down on...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: July/2013
Postcards
‘Like David Grisman's Dawg’ music, but with pierogies,’ is how Eric Stein, leader of Beyond The Pale once jokingly described...
Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: Apr/May/2010
Tell Me Why
Widely acknowledged as one of Australia’s most celebrated indigenous singer-songwriters, Archie Roach’s long career is slowly drawing to a close....
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: December/2020
Praznina/Emptiness
Best known as a member of the Slovenian ‘imaginary folk’ band Širom, Iztok Koren is an experimental multi-instrumentalist who clearly...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2023
Ki Moun Ou Ye
Nathalie Joachim, a Juilliard alum and Grammy-nominated classical flautist, undergoes a distinctive musical evolution in her second album, Ki Moun...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: April/2024
The High Stepping Music of Sheesham & Lotus & Son
Canadian trio Sheesham & Lotus & Son made a strong impression with their debut album 1929 and energetic live performances...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Alegrià e Libertà
Lucilla Galeazzi, Didier Laloy, Ialma, Carlo Rizzo and Maarten Decombel
This feels like a convivial affair – a motley group of musicians coming together, jamming, finding they get along really...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Dub Me Tender Vols 1 & 2
The dub remix is a tricky thing to pull off. If you're trying to replicate the soupy yet cavernous sound...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Apr/May/2012
