Reviews
Fire Draw Near
Fire Draw Near is a bewitching baker's dozen of often rough and raw but altogether relishable recordings. Compiled by Lankum's...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: November/2021
The Lost Tapes
The Lost Tapes is the fourth album from the Owiny Sigoma Band and sadly it celebrates the end of the...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: March/2022
MeStissage
Teofilo Chantre was one of the first of the new wave of Cape Verdean singer-songwriters to depart from strict tradition,...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Glaschu: Home Town Love Song
Gaelic songstress Mary Ann Kennedy returns with 16 tracks inspired by her home town – and a real labour of...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2019
Tirán
There’s a thrilling balance here between questing innovation and serenading sounds from Galician piper and flautist Anxo Lorenzo. Supported by...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
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K Frimpong (Blue & Black)
K Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas
Ever since K Frimpong’s music first started reappearing on compilations a decade or so ago, original copies of his LPs...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
30: Real World at WOMAD
You might expect a compilation of Real World artists who have played at WOMAD over the last 30 years to...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2012
Lights in the Harbor
Originally a side project for accordionist Drew Simon, letting him play more accordion than he could in his ‘other’ band,...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: April/2020
Sojourns: Volume 1
Following 2017's Tapestry, Nava are here again to prove that Irish and Persian music are not as unlikely bedfellows as...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: April/2020
Kalba
Isaac Birituro & The Rail Abandon
Recorded in a church in north Ghana, this charity-driven collaboration between Ghanaian xylophonist Isaac Birituro and British producer and singer-songwriter...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: October/2019
