Reviews
Direct-to-Disc Sessions
Islandman feat Okay Temiz and Muhlis Berberoğlu
As well as being a pioneer of Turkish folk-jazz who played with Don Cherry, percussionist Okay Temiz is revered for...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2023
Anyankofo
Total Hip Replacement’s Anyankofo – a Fante word meaning ‘Friends’ – is an album about just that. This is a warm,...
Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: June/2022
Roots to Rise (Live)
Caught live in the hallowed acoustics of Michigan's fabled The Ark in Ann Arbor, this album by Celtgrass pioneers We...
Reviewed by Michrel Quinn in issue: December/2019
The Tiree Songbook
Inspired by the Na Bàird Thirisdeach, an early 20th-century collection of songs and poems from the island of Tiree, this...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: May/2018
The Tin Fiddle
Your ears could be forgiven for presuming there was at least one percussionist, guitarist or mandolin player on this album....
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: August/2017
Solla Solla Volume 1
Although not well-known in the West, Ilaiyaraaja was reigning king of South India's popular music long before AR Rahman became...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: July/2011
Gold or Dust
This is the third album from the alt-folk, world music-infused eight-strong collective from Kent, and was conceived at the band’s...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Cycling Music
Richard Durrant is a brave man – he is attempting to tour his new album around the UK by bike....
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Undersong
In the wild waters of the straits between the isles of Harris and North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2018
Louisiana Sun
Some years back, Mama Rosin, the high-octane punk Cajun combo from Switzerland, met Hipbone Slim & the Knee Tremblers, a...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
