Reviews
Liwoningo
Although this album taps into the traditional folklore and rhythms of Mozambique, it is fair to say that it is...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: November/2020
Nest
By combining instruments from his native country of Latvia, such as the kolke (a harp/zither relative of Lithuania’s kankle and...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2025
To Whom Ourselves We Owe
Adam Weikert was directed towards folk music as a form of social prescribing – a chance to engage with a...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: February/March/2026
Do You Hear Me?
Like Cheikh Lô, Senegal's Batch Gueye is a member of the Baye Fall, the dreadlocked Sufi brotherhood founded by Amadou...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2021
Sovereign
Beginning with ‘Halfway Around the World’, this gathering of sidemen to the stars (British art-rocker Brian Auger, Elvis Costello drummer...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2021
Me Decidí
Can it really be five years since the last CD from the Duke of bachata, Joan Soriano? No wonder life's...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: April/2016
Fragments
American multi-instrumentalist Yoni Avi Battat has undergone a journey of discovery to reconnect with his Iraqi-Jewish roots through the medium...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: December/2022
Coffee Creek
What does modern bluegrass sound like? It sounds like The Slocan Ramblers – who sound a lot like the great...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2016
Zhyli-Byli
Sergei Starostin is a major figure on the Russian folk scene, yet he’s still all too little known, despite his...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2011
