Reviews
Red Earth Dub
The Red Earth Collective featuring Soothsayers Horns
Spinning the latest release from Red Earth Records is like embarking upon a dub-wise merry-go-round; Red Earth Dub bubbles and...
Reviewed by Lucy Wilson in issue: March/2010
Some Part of Something
American-born, Scotland-based harpist Cheyenne Brown, dobro player and guitarist Dave Currie and master percussionist Dave Boyd first got together as...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Aonair
David Munnelly is a button accordion player whose musical roots in Irish music stretch far, to French, Gypsy, swing and...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2019
Camino al Mar
Colombian siblings Andrea and Paulo Olarte Toro are the duo Acid Coco and this is their second album since the...
Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: June/2022
Hedonism
Bellowhead launch their rambunctious third album with the cautionary tale of a sailor ripped off by a prostitute, the exuberant...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Worlds Away: Chants, Songs, Rituals & Instrumentals From 33 Countries and Island Communities
You probably had to be as bonkers to compile this album as it is to try to review it. The...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2017
Palenque Rockers Vol 1
Bogota’s Palenque Records was founded in 1996 by Lucas Silva of Faraon Bantu sound system, alias DJ Champeta-Man, to showcase...
Reviewed by David Katz in issue: December/2021
Frost on Fiddles
One of my enduring WOMAD memories is of a cold, wet, muddy night in 2007 when the seven-piece Finnish band...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: November/2017
Soukabbè Mali
Hailing from Bandiagara on Mali's Dogon plateau, Sékou Bah's impressive track record includes several years playing in Salif Keita's band,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2018
DJ Click Presents: Click Here, Jaipur Remix Dub
French producer and musical magpie DJ Click turns his gaze upon the Rajasthani city of Jaipur on this global beats...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2014
