Reviews
Sibling Revelry
Multi-instrumental sisters three, Máire and Mairéad Ní Chathasaigh and Nollaig Casey all have long, illustrious solo careers behind them. Here...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Connexion
With his first solo album in six years, the US-based Italian guitarist and composer puts his warm, ear-enveloping signature tone...
Reviewed by Douglas Macgregor in issue: June/2020
Piconema: East African Hits on the Colombian Coast
The title of this delicious compilation derives from the picós, the Afro-Colombian sound systems analogous to their Jamaican counterparts and...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2023
Away Beyond the Fret
East Anglian husband and wife duo Lucy and Jon Hart have coincided their third album with the birth of their...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: March/2024
Lost and Found
The first Buena Vista-brand release in a long while, accompanying the live band's alleged final tour, this is a selection...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Apr/May/2015
So Far We Have Come
Tamsin Elliott & Tarek Elazhary
English multi-instrumentalist Elliott teams up with Egyptian oud player Elazhary on this absorbing and beautiful set combining the folk cultures...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/February/2024
Kathryn Tickell & The Side
The brilliant Northumbrian piper Kathryn Tickell has worked with classical musicians before, composing for the Nash Ensemble, percussionist Joanna MacGregor...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Wondrous Traveler
In more than one aspect, this is a unique recording of a new group uniting two stars based in and...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: October/2016
Shamrock City
In 1910, a young man named Michael Conway left rural poverty behind in Ireland and took passage across the Atlantic...
Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: July/2013
Baila Sahara Baila
Mariem Hassan & Vadiya Mint El Hanevi
This is the final album from one of the great voices of the Sahara: Mariem Hassan died in August 2015...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: March/2016
