Reviews
Llaneros Songs of Casanare
‘Good evening compadre. We've been waiting for you..!’ That's the welcome given by the musicians at the start of the...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Apr/May/2012
Havana Night Sessions at Abdala Studios
Of all the mash-ups in all the world, this Romani-Cuban musical summit had to happen one day. And it was...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2017
Dilyn Afon
Cynefin is the recording name of West Wales trip-hop-and-jazz-player-turned-folk-musician Owen Shiers. The title translates as ‘Following a River’ and takes...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2020
Soutak
Aziza Brahim was born in the refugee camps of Algeria, an exile from her homeland in what the Saharawis call...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: March/2014
Mud, Blood & Beer
Not many observers might have expected comedian Adrian Edmondson’s jiggery-jokery folk-punk outfit to last beyond a few gigs, let alone...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
The Rough Guide to Blues Divas
The stereotypical image of the early blues pioneers as black itinerant males playing bottleneck guitar on the plantations of the...
Reviewed by Nigel Luilliamson in issue: April/2020
The Rough Guide to African Guitar Legends
After a recent spate of successes in the Indian department (the revisited Rough Guides to Bhangra, Bollywood and Music of...
Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: June/2011
A Burdensome Year
Sometimes on this Yorkshireman's second album, Pike's downbeat vocal with guitar and strings can feel over-familiar, as can some lyrics:...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
The Wavy Bow Collection
John Carty is one of Ireland’s most respected traditional fiddle and banjo players and this eloquent collection of fiddle tunes...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: May/2021
Nagori
For their fifth full album, the four ‘sons of a Gypsy French poodle’ (as their name translates, roughly) have expanded...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: July/2022
