Reviews

Tu

Yijia

The Chinese character from which this album takes its name refers to soil and carries an association with outmoded things....

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: December/2025

Toca Madera

Papawa

Of all the music made in Barcelona over the last 50 years it is rumba flamenco (aka rumba Catalan) that...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2010

Chamber Music

Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal

This hypnotic masterpiece from the French label No Format is another fine example of the label’s penchant for putting musicians...

Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Aug/Sep/2010

Josh Billings Voyage

Tim Eriksen

This is a concept album of sorts. The methodical American multi¬instrumentalist Tim Eriksen, formerly of cult alt-folk rockers Cordelia’s Dad,...

Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Celebration

Common Kings

Like many of their Oceanic compatriots, ever since their 2013 debut California-based quartet Common Kings have managed to craft a...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2024

Beard Town

Sheelanagig

Even shorn of the street theatre, storytelling and occasional acrobatics of their stage shows, the Balkan-flavoured reckless abandon of the...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2016

Haiti Direct – Big Band, Mini Jazz & Twoubadou Sounds 1960-1978

Various Artists

What a truly wonderful collection of music there is on Strut's latest outing into the musical unknown! While Cuban and...

Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: Apr/May/2014

Songs My Ruiner Gave to Me: Concerning Love, Madness & Obsession

Naomi Bedford & Paul Simmonds

Bedford's 2011 album, Tales from the Weeping Willow, focused on the former Orbital singer's penchant for folk and country, featuring...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2018

Pauanne

Pauanne

Pauanne are an eye- and ear-catching trio from Finland. They revel in the darker, pre-Christian sounds of the folk tradition...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2019

Dawn

Magos & Limón

Javier Limón, from Madrid, is best known as a flamenco guitarist and producer for the likes of Paco de Lucía...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2014