Reviews
Funky Pangolin
The Ghanaian guitarist Kyekyeku – pronounced Tche-tche-kou – formed the Ghanalogue Highlife project in Accra a decade or so ago, although his...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/February/2023
Folk Singer Vol 1
So-called ‘folk revivals’ come and go as regularly as the seasons, for this is music that never dies or fades....
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2014
Farewell, Alligator Man: A Tribute to the Music of Jimmy C Newman
Jimmy C Newman died aged 84 in 2014 having, across his long life, helped popularise Cajun music with country music...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: April/2018
Sufiyan
This is quite an extraordinary project for fans of the Turkish ney – the reed flute that is at the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2012
From Granmaw and Me
These are the last recordings that the American singer and banjo player Hedy West ever made before she died in...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: June/2018
Človek ni Zver
War never changes, so they say, and this collection of songs assembled around the theme of war and its victims...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: October/2018
Absolutely Live II: Viva Mexico!
Juan De Marcos & Afro-Cuban All Stars
Led by Juan de Marcos, the Cuban legend who provided many of the arrangements on Buena Vista Social Club, this...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2018
Wheels of the World
This English folk trio may be young (they're only in their early 20s) but they're already celebrating a decade of...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: December/2019
While You Were Slumbering
Expert fiddler and banjoist and scholar of southern Appalachian music, Tennessee native Joseph Decosimo bears the legacy of the Cumberland...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: January/February/2023
