Reviews
The Rough Guide to Latin Disco
This is hardly the first compilation to highlight the Latino love affair with disco, but it's a hugely enjoyable romp...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: December/2015
Tche Belew
It has been hugely gratifying to see Ethiopian pianist and keyboard-player Hailu Mergia find a brand new audience this year,...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: March/2015
The Maniacs
Old English tunes and young English players have been making hay over the past few years with the likes of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2020
Calypso Travels
Lord Invader & His Calypso Group
One of three initial releases in the Smithsonian Folkways Vinyl Reissue Series, Calypso Travels features native Trinidadian Lord Invader (born...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2020
Mielo
Maria Kalaniemi & Eero Grundström
It's hard to get beyond the first track ‘Erämorsian’ (Wildwood Bride). I play it again and again, caught up in...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2020
Songs of Separation
The star-studded folk ensemble has become a staple of both stage and CD – witness the likes of The Full...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2016
Time Was Away
Portman and Harbron are, in their different ways, leading lights of contemporary English folk – Portman as a singer, songwriter...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/February/2023
Días Felices
No wonder artists and dreamers gravitate to the American south-west in search of landscapes, inspiration and spirit-reviving experiences. For all...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2017
