Reviews
Romeo & Leila
After the success of her critically acclaimed album of last year, Ghalia Benali Sings Oum Kalthoum, her 2006 album Romeo...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Strings That Sing
This is Baobab-Gateway's debut album, featuring a unique combination of traditional West African, Ugandan and modern instruments. Tanzanian-born Dougie Hudson...
Reviewed by Louise Ungless in issue: Apr/May/2012
Lossan
Marking the first, according to the PR, duo harp and Manx Gaelic vocal album to be released, Lossan (meaning ‘Light’...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: November/2022
Brothers in Bamako
The American folk¬blues guitarist Eric Bibb is hardly in the same legendary league as Ry Cooder or Taj Mahal. Nor...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
More Big Musik from Over There!
Even though the title is pretty terrible, there’s an elegant charm about this Sheffield-based collective’s debut that’s missing from many...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Jah Shaka Presents the Positive Message
The legendary and mysterious Jah Shaka has been the UK’s leading roots and culture sound-system operator since the early 70s,...
Reviewed by Neil Foxlee in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Lagos Pepper Soup
Nigerian bassist and composer Michael Olatuja has spent most of his life in three cities: first Lagos, then London, and...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: October/2020
Canaich
As is traditional for a Scottish Highland male, fiddler Duncan Chisholm isn’t one to get too demonstrative in the material...
Reviewed by Sue Wilson in issue: October/2010
Ragged Kingdom
It's 21 years since June Tabor and Oysterband released Freedom & Rain. Ragged Kingdom is a triumphant return that mixes...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2011
My Favorite Picture of You
At its best, country & western music tells honest tales with pretty tunes, and that’s what 72-year-old songwriter Guy Clark...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: October/2013
