Reviews
Amazones Power
Les Amazones d'Afrique are the pan-African female supergroup that wowed the crowds at WOMAD in 2016, commanding attention with the...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2020
Awda
The oud player Adel Salameh has been carving out a name for himself around the world since he left his...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
The Last Bird to Sing
Some first-rate accompanists join Ewan McLennan for his second album – Martin Simpson, John McCusker and Karine Polwart on harmony...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Minoré Manés
This is a lovely disc, reaching back to the origins of rebetika, which, in part, derives from the music performed...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: November/2015
La Retreta Mayor
Originally released in 1976 on Discomoda, this Venezuelan ten-piece founded by guitarist Alex Rodríguez transports you straight back to a...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: August/September/2023
Kwenge
Kareyce Fotso is an African renaissance woman. A bio–chemistry graduate with a diploma in broadcasting and photography, the Cameroonian singer...
Reviewed by Andy Morgan in issue: Apr/May/2011
Naina Lagai Ke
Even in her late 70s, India's Bollywood queen Asha Bhosle has a fresh, youthful quality in her voice. And she's...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2011
Éthiopiques 30: Mistakes on Purpose
For the better part of 20 years, Buda’s Éthiopiques releases have been the go-to series for Ethio-jazz and traditional music...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2017
TMSA Young Trad Tour 2019
Each year, the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year’s six finalists form a band with the previous...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: November/2020
Finnish Folk Songs Vol 1
No one has done more in recent years for the jouhikko (the traditional Finnish bowed lyre) than Pekko Käppi. He...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: June/2020
