Reviews
Summer Isles
Inspired by the series of small isles lying in the mouth of Loch Broom in the highlands of Scotland, Mairearad...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: May/2016
Still Time
Karen Matheson returns after five years to prove she still deserves her place among Scottish Folk Royalty – along, of...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: March/2021
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Hevra (Together)
After the controversy stirred by her debut, Ke‡e Kurdan, in 2004, the title of this album might refer to a...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: October/2014
Out of Genre
Bach on the sitar? Not quite what you might be expecting from this album from Jonathan Mayer. But I was...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: July/2011
Supernatural Love
Colombia's African musical traditions are often overlooked both at home and internationally. The electro-cumbia pioneers Sidestepper – a fluid outfit...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2016
Naquêl Tempo Câ Tinha
Elísio Gomes & Papá de Betina hail from Santa Catarina on Cape Verde's island of Santiago. Both were in their...
Reviewed by Bram Posthumus in issue: May/2023
Time and Place
When confronted by albums of new, original compositions by an instrumental folk artist, this reviewer must admit to a bit...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: July/2019
Oj Tak!
Frightened of Polish music by the scraping fiddles and raw vocals of the Warsaw Village Band? Then maybe the mellower,...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: October/2014
Gisela João
There is an infallible method to tell apart a remarkable singer from a merely very good one. Let's call it...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: June/2015
Monstruos y Duendes Vol 1: Myfyrio
So many non-Spanish guitarists have fallen under the spell of flamenco that it might almost be considered a sub-genre of...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: May/2020
