Reviews
Hundinuiaõis/Bulrush Bloom
From Estonia, Eva Väljaots plays the kannel, one of the plucked zither-like instruments shared by the Finno-Ugric cultures around the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2022
Backroad Carnival
Cory Seznec first made waves as part of the quirky American roots group Groanbox Boys and has since cropped up...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2017
Alma de Cantaora
There's a fine line between busting envelopes and not knowing where you're going. At times Spanish singer-songwriter Amparo Sánchez seems...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2013
Kraj za Miastem
You wouldn’t guess it from the name, but WoWaKin are a trio of Polish musicians playing music mostly from the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2018
Detached
For lovers of boundary-pushing music, a flute and a diatonic accordion may not seem an immediately thrilling prospect. Here, however,...
Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: April/2020
Eu Preciso de um Liquidificador
With its musicality, playful melodies and wide mix of influences (samba, choro, pop and doo wop are all in the...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Apr/May/2013
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Tibet: Lam la Che (On the Road)
The fragmentation of Tibetan culture over the last half-century has led, for better or worse, to an astounding variety of...
Reviewed by Tom Hamilton in issue: July/2014
Timbuktu Tarab
The absolute highlight of WOMAD Charlton Park last year for me was the Malian singer Khaira Arby from Timbuktu. Surrounded...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Wake Up Calls
The son of scientist Rupert Sheldrake and voice therapist Jill Purse, multiinstrumentalist Cosmo Sheldrake has already released an EP and...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2020
