Reviews
Al-Bahr
There’s so much going on with Finnish trio Wishamalii’s debut album that it almost invents a whole new genre of...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: January/2025
Onye Rie Ibe Ya Erie
Oriental Brothers International Band
Formed in Eastern Nigeria as an Igbo highlife band shortly after the Nigerian-Biafran War, the Oriental Brothers have undergone numerous...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: February/March/2025
Sensible or Otherwise
Widely regarded as one of the UK’s finest flatpicking guitarists, Charlotte Carrivick offers up a dozen tasty instrumental tracks on...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: February/March/2025
Inventory
A decade after forming for a one-off concert at the 2014 Vieilles Charrues Festival, The Celtic Social Club marks a...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: February/March/2025
FOLKMOSIS
Beth Malcolm’s follow-up to her 2023 debut album, Kissed and Cried, presents a delightful musical triptych that takes the listener...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: February/March/2025
Slåtter på Kontrabass
The title is simple – Folk Tunes for Double Bass – but the concept is not. For solo double bass…...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: February/March/2025
Z’amalgame
In name, Z’amalgame suggests a coming-together, a melding of components and forces into a new, fortified whole. This Réunionese album,...
Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: February/March/2025
Fintou
Recorded with analog equipment in the OTODI studio in Lomé, Vaudou Game’s fifth album takes Togolese sounds to new and...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: April/2025
