Reviews
Courage
Malian kora (harp-lute) player Mamadou Diabate is still only in his mid-30s but has racked up a stack of excellent...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Apr/May/2011
Autumn Winds
It doesn’t take long to get sucked into the subtle beauty of Irish singer and song collector Niall Hanna's debut...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: May/2018
El Camino de Los Vientos
French-born agronomist Matthieu Saglio traded soil and crops for the sweetly sorrowful sound of the cello when he moved to...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: July/2020
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
Muzyka spod Radomia
This album is like spending an evening at a superb village folk night in Poland, which wouldn’t have existed 20...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Under One Sun
Brina_is Subrina Ward, a Jamaican singer married to Kieran Murray, a multi-talented Scot who collaborated with her and other musicians...
Reviewed by Neil Foxlee in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Oj Borom, Borom
Maniucha Bikont & Ksawery Wojcinski
This beautifully produced set comes with a fascinating essay from singer Maniucha Bikont about the source of these songs, and...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2018
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
