Reviews
Roi Du Ziglibithy
This reissue collects four tracks by Ernesto Djédjé, the guitarist from Ivory Coast who made his first singles in Paris,...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: December/2022
The Attic Tapes
The great British guitarist died in March this year, shortly after penning the warm, detailed liner notes that accompany this...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2015
Mac Ìle: The Music of Fraser Shaw
In 2015 Fraser Shaw, multi-talented piper, whistle player and composer, sadly died at the young age of 34. Mac Ìle...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2017
The Birth of Jungle Cumbia
Since The Roots of Chicha gave Peru’s guitar-driven, bar-band chicha music worldwide exposure six years ago there has been a...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2014
Fireside Stories
Fireside Stories is an album that could break your heart. First and foremost, it's astonishingly beautiful. With expertly finger-picked guitar,...
Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: April/2023
Anthologie
An energetic and multi-talented singer and lutenist, Lili Boniche was born in the Jewish sector of the Algiers Casbah in1921...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: March/2013
Ballads and Songs from the Appalachians
Hedy West is perhaps best remembered today as composer of the folk standard ‘500 Miles’ – a song that she...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Fifteen
For their first new album in six years, The Wailin’ Jennys celebrate a 15-year-long relationship with a nine-track collection of...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2018
Hajda!
This is the debut of a new band focussing on the traditional music of Polesia, a region of eastern Poland,...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2024
Ambush
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
With Ambush, Latin jazz specialists In The Woods present a tight eight-track collection that revolves around the work of the...
Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: February/March/2026
