Reviews
Kayeba Khasso
This is the debut recording of a married couple from Mali who shot to fame in West Africa following their...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: May/2018
Songs of Paapieye
SK Kakraba is a Ghanaian musician living in Los Angeles, and his instrument is the gyil. This pentatonic xylophone of...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: December/2015
Strì
The singer Maeve Mackinnon's third studio album, Strì (meaning ‘to strive’ or ‘to struggle’) is a beautiful piece of work....
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: May/2018
Høyre du, Mann! Langeleikopptak 1955-83
The National Library of Norway is extremely good at archiving historical recordings and making their collections available for wider listening....
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2021
Neighbours and Sisters
This is the strong follow-up to The Crowing from the Brighton quartet composed of alt-folk artist Jinnwoo, folk duo Hickory...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Kyogokuryu-Sokyoku ‘Shinshunfu’
The latest instalment of EM Records' archive series focuses on a single piece by Japanese composer Kohei Amada (1892-1985). A...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: July/2019
Road to the North
Graham Mackenzie (fiddle), David Shedden (pipes/whistle), and Innes White (guitar/mandolin) have performed together as a trio for some years, but...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: November/2018
Kiss, Cuddle & Torture: Volume 2
Following their debut album, Kiss, Cuddle & Torture: Volume 1, the London-based mash-up reggae band The Hempolics have now released...
Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: October/2020
Hendrix Songs
Now here's an intriguing notion: a founding member of the much-loved folk big band Bellowhead reinterprets 12 classic Jimi Hendrix...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: December/2015
Failde Con Tumbao
Cuban bandleader and flautist Ethiel Failde is the great-great nephew of Miguel Failde, the Matanzas composer who in the late...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2020
