Reviews
Kar Yagar
Derya Yildirim & Grup Şimşek - which translates as Ocean Lightning and the Thunderbolts - is a trul international band...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: October/2019
Celia
Not content with simply succeeding Miriam Makeba as the new ‘Mama Africa,’ Kidjo now has her sights on the late...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2019
Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle
I Kate and Anna McGarrigle were the unlikeliest of pop stars, two plain-spoken homebodies raised in the ancient Laurentian mountain...
Reviewed by Roger Hahn in issue: October/2013
Zoo of Songs
German group Pulsar Trio have transplanted the emblematic instrument of Hindustani classical music – the sitar – into a northern...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: November/2018
Your Mother Was a Peacock
Oxlip is Vancouver-based multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Jayne Trimble, originally from Northern Ireland, and her philosophy on Your Mother Was a...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2021
Inventions
Their first two albums drew from the collections of Playford's The English Dancing Master and others, bringing dances and tunes...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2017
Melodic Circles
The setar is one of Iran's most gorgeous instruments. Literally, the name means ‘three strings,’ but nowadays the Iranian setar...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2018
Son of Man
Britain's roots reggae scenes tended to grow in places where large numbers of Jamaicans settled, as you might expect. Birmingham's...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: May/2016
A Guide to the Birdsong of Western Africa
Following two volumes, the first in South America, and the second spanning Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, Shika Shika...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: August/September/2022
Republique Amazone
Last year's WOMAD performance by this collective of West African female singers of different generations and traditions was highly praised....
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2017
