Reviews

A Lifetime of Happiness

Daoirí Farrell

Worthy successor of a folk singing tradition rooted in Ireland, following in the footsteps of no less than Paul Brady...

Reviewed by Anne G-E in issue: May/2019

The Full English

The Full English

This album is one segment of an ambitious project from the EFDSS (English Folk Dance and Song Society), drawing together...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

The Antiquated &The Arcane

3 Daft Monkeys

Certain things give the roots revival and environmental con-sciousness a bad name. Those New Age shops full of joss sticks,...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2011

ZETS!

YID!

If the idea of a Yiddish language album seems a little old worldy, you probably haven't yet heard ZETS!. This...

Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: March/2023

Lua Cheia

Let Drum Beat

Recorded in São Paulo, the first crowd-funded album by the London-based group Let Drum Beat mixes maracatu, forró de rabeca,...

Reviewed by Charlie Long in issue: June/2020

Gecekondu

Baba Zula

There is something regal in the music of Baba Zula – the elegant, yearning vocals of Elena Hristova, the stately...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2011

Dois

Batida

Pedro Coquenão's musical vision began as a radio show tracing his Angolan roots from his adopted home of Portugal. Creative...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

What Are We Trying to Say

Megson

Teesside-born husband-and-wife duo Stu and Debbie Hanna have racked up a dozen studio and live albums in a near 20-year...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: May/2023

Molende

Titi Bakorta

Sticking true to the experimentalism of Nyege Nyege Tapes’ releases, Titi Bakorta’s debut album, Molende, gathers vastly distinct soundscapes and...

Reviewed by Nick Hann in issue: November/2023

Souvenirs

Emahoy Tsege-Mariam Gebru

The world lost a unique composer with the passing of Emahoy Tsege-Mariam Gebru at the age of 99 last year....

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2024