Reviews
Il Sesto Continente
La Banda di Piazza Caricamento
Though based in Genoa, La Banda di Piazza Caricamento is only Italian by location. The 12 members represent 12 nationalities...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2015
Voices of the Sani
This debut presents a fusion of pop and traditional folk music of the Sani people from south-western China's Yunnan province....
Reviewed by Mu Qian in issue: June/2020
The Empress
Siblings Shannon, Solon and Jeremiah McDade have been steeped in folk music from childhood, playing in a family band with...
Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: December/2021
St Germain
The French musician, composer and producer Ludovic Navarre (aka St Germain) burst onto the scene 20 years ago with Boulevard,...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2015
Facing East
Facing East is oriented primarily towards Armenia, celebrating the folk music of the Caucasus in adventurous fashion. The multi– national...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
King of My Mind
To start with, Flats and Sharps must be the most audaciously tenuous bluegrass pun-based name around. Yet it is totally...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: April/2016
N’Djila Wa Mudujimu
Lady Aicha & Pisco Crane''s Original Fulu Miziki Band of Kinshasa
This is the DIY eco-punk essence, Congo-style. Everything about Fulu Miziki has been repurposed from material rescued from the junkpile,...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: December/2022
Knoblauch Scharf
Like all good funeral parties, the first, and seemingly last, full album from this group can be considered a mourning...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: August/2017
Till
Born on the Isle of Lewis, Macmillan has a rich Gaelic pedigree. Till, his second solo album, sees Macmillan in...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2017
