Reviews
Blazing/Freezing
This impish New York trio venerate the innovations of Bill Monroe while simultaneously shattering the music he pioneered into tiny...
Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: July/2023
Pod Obločkom
Ondrej Druga is a Slovakian accordionist and he and his ‘friends’ are devotees of the richest area of folk music...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2023
Sometime Between Now and Never
Punchy Balkan brass, bubbling dub rhythms and piquant punk guitar riffs jostle joyously on this first offering from Montréal-based Dumai...
Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: September/2024
Lükata-Tõmmata, Hargiga-Roobiga
Jaan Rand / Katariin Raska, Leanne Barbo & Natali Ponetajev
Jaan Rand (1879–1944) was a versatile Estonian folk musician from Kirbla in western Estonia. A master of the jaw harp,...
Reviewed by Mateusz Dobrowolski in issue: February/March/2025
Nouskaa Sisaret
The criss-crossing of culture from the desert dunes of Mali with forested quiet spaces in Finland is where refreshingly bold,...
Reviewed by James Rorison in issue: February/March/2025
Milton + esperanza
Milton Nascimento & esperanza spalding
Bassist spalding first heard Nascimento at a dinner party when a friend put on Native Dancer, and that otherworldly falsetto...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: November/2024
New Music for the 6 String Guitar
Rhayader guitarist Toby Hay's latest work sees his newly commissioned Fylde Ariel acoustic take centre stage on a solo album...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: September/2025
Reele Bumbou
This latest release from Burkinabé musician Kaito Winse is a short collection of traditional stories sung and performed on various...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: May/2025
