Reviews
An Introduction to Norma Waterson
The last song on this album is ‘Bunch of Tyme’ from the 2010's Gift that Waterson made with her daughter...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: December/2018
Dominion
This quartet is the combination of two duos – Nancy Kerr and James Fagan with Richard and Jess Arrowsmith –...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Folk Music of China Vol 3: Folk Songs of Yunnan
The title of this album would be more accurate with a subtitle of The Wa, Blang, and De'ang, as these...
Reviewed by Mu Qian in issue: April/2020
Hoolima
The allure of bluegrass, from its early beginnings in Kentucky, has spread far and wide, leaving its influence in many...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: March/2018
Goshawk
Here's an intriguing prospect. Radik Tülüsh, an esteemed Tuvan throat singer and a member of the long-running group Huun Huur...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Kamale Blues
That Harouna Samaké has been Salif Keita's kamalengoni player for the past 17 years tells you all you need to...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2018
Sounds from the Saray
Apparently taken prisoner in his youth by marauding Tatars and sold at the slave market in Constantinople, Wojciech Bobowski (c1610-1675)...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: April/2022
Fikira
Fikira sees the meeting of musical traditions both between and beyond the islands of Réunion and Mayotte, two French overseas...
Reviewed by Fred Waine in issue: September/2025
Moa Anbessa
Possibly taking a leaf out of the book of his compatriot and contemporary Mulatu Astatke, the Ethiopian saxophonist – and...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: June/2010
