Reviews
Talûş
Yıldırım is a young Turkish musician specialising in the kamancha (spiked fiddle), called kabak kemane in Anatolia where a dried...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: May/2021
Dance of the Cobra
To anyone familiar with the vibrant sounds of Indian wedding bands, this will come as a welcome album. What they...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Diew Sor Isan: The North East Thai Violin of Thonghuad Faited
Most compilations of north-eastern Thai music focus on the region's most popular instrument, the khaen, a free-reed bamboo mouth organ,...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: October/2012
Vintage Americana
Ian McCamy is one of the leading fiddlers in old¬time American music circles. His illustrious playing has sparkled throughout albums...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Smoke & Oakum
Scottish postman Nathan Evans was the ‘Wellerman’ who kicked off TikTok’s shanty craze, but Bristol’s Longest Johns are not far...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2022
In the Shadow of Stromboli
Reel magic in the form of ‘Rockin the Boat’, a rollicking instrumental set of three tunes from Galway and Québec,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2012
Knock Knock Get Up
These days the indie-folk gimmick is so over-used that it's easy to dismiss any band that daims to have folk/roots...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: July/2013
Roots of Ska: USA Jamaica 1942-62
In his book Bass Culture, the writer Lloyd Bradley vividly evokes the era before ska and rocksteady eras in 50s...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
¡Gózalo! Bugalú Tropical Vol 4
Some four years after the first volume of Vampisoul’s admirable series was released, here comes Volume 4 to disavow us...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Cracher le Feu
This ‘fire-spitting’ album from Montréal is the work of producer Oonga, who has hooked up with his Belizean equivalent, Ivan...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2024
