Reviews
Front Line: Sounds of Reality
Despite lasting less than two years, Virgin Records’ Front Line label produced some of the finest roots reggae of the...
Reviewed by Clyde Mcfarlane in issue: October/2014
Tortadur
Fans of Sevara Nazarkhan's two Real World albums are in for a surprise here – but it is an entirely...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Forever is 4 You
This could just as well be by a Malawi Mouse Boy, rather than Boys, as the music is so minimalist...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: May/2016
Up From The Deep
Katriona Gilmore and Jamie Roberts
Nominated for a BBC Horizon Award for best new act in 2010, and both graduates of the Leeds College of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Kismet
Since their debut as Kolektif Istanbul, Krivoto (which came out nearing the peak of the Balkan hype in 2008), the...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: November/2021
Balkan Reggae
Mahala Rai Banda – the youthful Bucharest Gypsy band who mix brass and strings – are no newcomers to being...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
The Irish Sea Sessions 2010
The inaugural Irish Sea Sessions, of which this is an electrifying live recording from last year’s Liverpool Irish Festival, brought...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Wonder Wheel
The Klezmatics – accomplished Ameri¬can practitioners of progressive klezmer music for the past 20 years – won a Grammy for...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
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
Unfolding the Roots
Projects such as this, in which everyone is playing the same type of instrument, can often seem like a nerdy...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: June/2017
