Reviews
Alerta Canibal
Founders of Spain's mestizo movement, fusing salsa, rock, ska, funk, cumbia and the rhythms of Afrobeat with the attitude of...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2018
Maqam Pilgrims
Egyptian-born oud player and composer Mustafa Said is one of the most illustrious names in Arabic music today. Born blind,...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: January/2026
Balkan Dogs
The mascot of this eclectic German band is a perky-eared Chihuahua but, as their song titles suggest, there's more than...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Enclosure
The Askews have released some of the most striking folk music of recent years, from Hazel's involvement in Lady Maisery...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2019
Eplemøya Songlag
My first experience of Eplemøya Songlag was in an old fashioned wooden room in the old Bank building in the...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Laini Tan
More than seven years after her debut, the second solo album from Egyptian-born, Montréal-based Nadah El Shazly brings all the...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: July/2025
Tambolero
Rather than simply remaster the breakthrough 1993 album, La Candela Viva, from the Afro-Colombian singer Totó la Momposina, the folks...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
We Are Going to Bremen to be Musicians
Geoff Berner is an accordionist, singer and songwriter. This album quickly establishes that he's Jewish and Canadian – both subjects...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2016
Veena Dreams
Raghunath Manet is originally from Puducherry in South India and splits his time between there and France. He is not...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: March/2023
