Reviews
Tide
Hearing this new album by Zimbabwean funksters Mokoomba for the first time is a truly exciting experience, on a par...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Race the Loser
They have picked up three consecutive awards for best group at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, and for their...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
How Shall I Say?
Ghazals are at the core of the Urdu literary tradition, which reached its zenith in North India during the 1...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: July/2011
À Flor da Pele
It was inevitable that fado, like any other musical genre, would find a new audience (even in its home country)...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: March/2010
My Favorite Picture of You
At its best, country & western music tells honest tales with pretty tunes, and that’s what 72-year-old songwriter Guy Clark...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: October/2013
Trans-Continental Hustle
Everyone's favourite Gypsy punk outfit is back with their fifth album and yes, it's another big musical mash-up of klezmer,...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2010
Windblown
Jamie Smith’s Mabon, the five-piece featuring accordion, fiddle, bouzouki, banjo, bass and percussion, draw their musical inspirations from the Celtic...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Looking Glass
Fay Hield is the first new signing to Topic Records for a decade. Topic is the oldest independent label in...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Antifogmatic
Pleasant as it is to hear banjos and mandolins on prime-time national radio, it’s a shame that they will invariably...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
