Reviews
Niepraudzivaya
Hajda Banda are one of the best traditional bands to have emerged in Poland in recent years. Led by Belarusian...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: May/2025
Air Senegal
The Israeli-born Aylon won a Best Artist nomination in the Songlines World Music Awards for his 2021 album Xalam. That...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2026
Baila Sahara Baila
Mariem Hassan & Vadiya Mint El Hanevi
This is the final album from one of the great voices of the Sahara: Mariem Hassan died in August 2015...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: March/2016
You’ve Been a Friend to Me
Sonya Cohen Cramer was a remarkable singer born into a distinguished American folk music family; her father was John Cohen...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: August/2024
The Shovel Dance
Lankum aren’t the only purveyors of doom-laden folk. London-based nine-piece Shovel Dance Collective show with this, their second album, that...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: December/2024
Island Records Presents Ska: 40 Original Ska Classics
Best known as a British rock label, Island Records actually began life in Jamaica in 1959. Its Harrow–educated founder, Chris...
Reviewed by Neil Foxlee in issue: June/2013
Remixed
Luisa Maita debuted last year with the delicious Lero Lero, an album which this publication described as ‘dreamy an d...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: March/2011
Vento do Mar
This soulful album has the seamless feel of a longtime collaboration, rather than the debut production that it is. Portuguese...
Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: December/2024
Mãe Carinhosa
Over her 20-year career, the Cape Verdean legend recorded a vast amount of songs that never quite made it onto...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: July/2013
