Reviews
Undertow
When Holly Brandon was seven she was taken to a Show of Hands gig, and was so enthralled by Phil...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: November/2022
Songs of Lake Volta
Ten years ago, Sheehan, an American composer and assistant professor of music at Duquesne University, spent six months in Ghana...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2018
Fado e Amor
Fado fans will hoover up this disc of duets between Carlos do Carmo, who is something of an elder statesman...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: March/2014
Bollywood Remembers Laxmikant Pyarelal
Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar and Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma, who began their musical careers as mandolin player and violinist, formed the composer...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Elo
Four years after her last album, Samba Meu, Elis Regina's daughter (as she now allows herself to be called) returns...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: June/2012
Call Me Home
Not only have this youthful Norwich-based folk/Americana trio independently released their rather lovely debut album, but each copy features a...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2017
Au Cube
Alasdair Roberts, Neil McDermott & Tartine de Clous
The latest release from the prolific Scots folk singer Alasdair Roberts is a live recording documenting gigs he played at...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: June/2019
Çhâñt Électrónïqúe Vol 1
‘We are very, very curious,' this aptly named international seven-piece collective suggests – and what a curious album this is....
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2021
Manez Eta Kobreak
Very little information comes with this album – although all the lyrics are translated into English (from Basque) – but...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2019
Being
After 2016's The Traveller, Baaba Maal wasn’t sure if he would ever make another solo album. He concentrated on his...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2023
