Reviews
Con-tra-dic-shun
What I like about the folk music Megson create is that it's alive. They don't try to mask the realities of...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: May/2019
Calico Soul
The magic of like minds, especially musical ones, is that they often seem to meet serendipitously, and nowhere more so...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2020
Historia Natural
The three members of Colombia's Los Pirañas have been making music together in various guises since the late 90s and...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: December/2019
Maletak
Being a ‘master of the diatonic accordion’ doesn’t sound sexy, but veteran Basque composer and bandleader Kepa Junkera makes his...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2016
Making Moves
Although it’s only five years after their debut album, this slow coach follow-up still makes the Santrofi eight-piece sound like...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: April/2025
Meet Me at Mardi Gras
Mardi Gras in Louisiana is one of the world’s great public celebrations. The Cajuns have their own country Mardi Gras...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2012
Highlife Roots Revival
Palm-wine music was the acoustic precursor of Ghanaian highlife and was named after a homemade alcoholic beverage. Koo Nimo, now...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2012
Inner World
One can imagine Bono’s wrap-around shades turning green with envy when he heard that the New Zealand duo Junelle and...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2020
Carta a mi Amada
The ultimate world music, tango had crossed the globe many decades before any such phrase was coined. It is a...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2018
Kashmir: Sufyana Kalam from Srinagar
Sufi music from Pakistan and India, particularly qawwali, is well-known, but the traditions of Kashmir are little-known – partly because...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
