Reviews

Sweden Norway: Norrspel

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Ocora's long history of field recordings has played an important role in the documentation of musical traditions from around the...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: November/2015

Gold of Scar & Shale

Jack Rutter

For his second solo album, the highly regarded West Yorkshire singer and multi-instrumentalist Jack Rutter recorded the whole set live...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2019

Tuning Pegs & Fishing Line

Music Cycles

Albums marketed as collaborations between world music artists and musicians from the developed world are often subject to the dreaded...

Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Do You Love

Otava Yo

Otava Yo are a slightly eccentric Russian folk band from St Petersburg who like to play with the traditions and...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2019

Gravure

Balarù

Gravure is the debut album by Balarù, a quartet of young musicians who, after years spent playing in various bal...

Reviewed by Megan Iacobini de fazio in issue: March/2019

UDU

UDU

UDU is, as far as I know, the only collaboration between Buryat and Lithuanian musicians and it is a delight....

Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

Tricks of the Trade

Dipper Malkin

There's a rich luxurious feel to the many beautiful instrumental tunes on this debut from John Dipper and Dave Malkin....

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2017

Oasis

Melingo

Daniel Melingo has travelled far from the pared-down dub beats of his 1998 debut Tangos Bajos. Over two decades, folky...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2020

Kokoda

Ilan-Ilan

Named for the flower that scents the air of Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, the Ilan-Ilan band was created in...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: January/February/2022

Awakening

Yungchen Lhamo

The Tibetan singer and composer has been in exile from her birth land for over 30 years. Awakening is her...

Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: May/2022