Reviews
Melanie
L’Orchestre Afrisa International
These are new recordings of classic repertoire, mostly from the 70s and 80s, when Tabu Ley Rochereau led this wonderful...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: June/2017
Møya og Myten
This is traditional music sung by a trio whose backgrounds are in folk, jazz and improvisation. And it works brilliantly....
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: March/2013
Musique de Nuit
Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal
Two musicians operating at the height of their talent, Ballaké Sissoko and Vincent Segal have mastered string instruments worlds apart...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: October/2015
In Which
Alex Cumming, Kate Locksley, Rosie Calvert and Will Finn met in 2010 on the Folk and Traditional Music degree course...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2021
Tempo & Magma
The good news for anyone captivated by Tiganá Santana's exquisite The Invention of Colour is that his new release picks...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2015
Some People I Know
It should perhaps come as no surprise that Brooklyn-based identical twins Adam and David Moss, who both have their own...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2019
Beware the Fetish
The Kinshasa collective's second album is a follow-up to their 2008 debut, uniting the approaches of five ethnic groups. It's...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Hummingbird
John Smith's rich and distinctive honeyed, gravelly vocals and deft fingerpicking guitar have featured prominently in folk projects such as...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2018
Uyai
The UK-based band fronted by British-Nigerian vocalist Eno Williams continue from where they left off – with confidence and swagger...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: May/2017
