Reviews
Mogoya
The last time this reviewer interviewed Oumou Sangaré was in January 2009. She was about to release the album Seya...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2017
Tibetan Buddhist Religious Music from the Kagyu School
Phursung Kelak's life was characterised by disruption and change. Aged 13, he joined a monastery in his native Tibet. Eight...
Reviewed by Thomas Williams in issue: June/2020
DOST 1
Derya Yıldırım doesn’t like to be pigeonholed. “I do what comes out of me. And if that is for some...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Teiliwr: Tailor
An Aberystwyth-based trio brought together in 2014 by, so they say, a common interest in ‘old songs of madness, love,...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Racines
The Ivory Coast reggae singer Tiken Jah Fakoly continues his penchant for melding Jamaican and West African styles, going a...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Egeland Edén Marin Vol 1
Ånon Egeland, Mats Edén & Mikael Marin
It's hard to believe that three of Scandinavia's most outstanding folk musicians are together here as a trio for the...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Chaos Theories
Hell hath no fury like a brassy sextet from Ottawa when riled. This, their ninth album since getting together in...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2019
This Willowed Light
This is a great return from the young British folk singer Maz O’Connor. Much of the credit for the rich...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Like a Bird or Spirit, Not a Face
You take the world's foremost female throat-singer and the rhythm section from Tinariwen, put them in the studio with Grammy-winning...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2016
J'ai Bu
Québec Redneck Bluegrass Project
The Québec Redneck Bluegrass Project originated from a busking trip to south-west China in 2006 by songwriter and guitarist Jean-Philippe...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2021
