Reviews
Me Quité
A gem for Cuban music lovers: a new album from seasoned singer Héctor Valentín, lead vocalist for some of the...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2021
Djelika
The loss of kora legend Toumani Diabate in 2024 was a tragedy for the world of music, but Chrysalis Records’...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2026
Charge
Alumni of the folk music degree course at Newcastle University, this energetic five-piece make a very modern marriage of ceilidh...
Reviewed by Graeme Thomson in issue: Apr/May/2014
Møya og Myten
This is traditional music sung by a trio whose backgrounds are in folk, jazz and improvisation. And it works brilliantly....
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: March/2013
Mujeres de Arena y Otras Historias
Amilcar Soto Rodriguez, Susana Baca & I Solisti Veneti
Amilcar Soto Rodriguez grew up as part of a musical family in Villa El Salvador on the Peruvian coast, a...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: October/2021
Poor Strange Girl
A singer, multi-instrumentalist and dancer from Ripponden in West Yorkshire, Alice Jones has been around folk music since she was...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: July/2016
It’ll be Fine
Ceol An Aire are a four-piece ceilidh band from Oban, in the West of Scotland, three of whom are still...
Reviewed by Graeme Thomson in issue: July/2014
Jayme Stone's Folklife
An extension of his 2015 Lomax Project, the renowned Canadian banjoist Jayme Stone now presents us with Jayme Stone's Folklife,...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2017
