Reviews
Tudat Alatt
Soma Salamon is a folk music researcher and performer specialising in traditional flutes. He’s played with a number of bands...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2023
Fidl Afire
Violinist Alicia Svigals was one of the founding members of The Klezmatics and played with them for 17 years. She’s...
Reviewed by Simon Boughton in issue: September/2024
Luso Noir – Music from Portuguese Speaking Africa
Whether it's the folk of Madredeus, the samba of Chico Buarque or the manifold rhythms and cadences of Lusitanian Africa,...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: October/2011
The Eternal Getdown
Is world music a kind of tourism, or closer to anthropology? Are Latino roots more authentic in rural pueblos or...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: August/2017
Till
Born on the Isle of Lewis, Macmillan has a rich Gaelic pedigree. Till, his second solo album, sees Macmillan in...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2017
Artybonito
The Azueï Movement is a collective of artists spanning the shared island of Hispaniola, home to Haïti and the Dominican...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: March/2022
At the Studio
The Zonke family hail from Nyampanda, a small border town on the Zimbabwean side of the boundary with Mozambique. They...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2020
In Tune with the Wolves
Finnish singer Riikka Timonen has a stunningly beautiful voice, and that is the strength of In Tune with the Wolves....
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: May/2016
O Fado
This is Portuguese singer Lina_’s second album in a matter of months. And it is not a bad call. After...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: January/2026
