Reviews
Alabaraka Mussolu
Jali Fily is a griot (praise-singer) from the Casamance region of southern Senegal: one in a long line of prominent...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: July/2011
Alagbe
If it wasn't for the laidback, Portuguese vocals, you'd be convinced that this album came direct from Africa. In fact,...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: April/2019
Similar & Different
Dal:um are a Korean duo deploying two ‘similar yet different’ traditional instruments in a contemporary context. Both instruments are plucked...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Pinnacle Ridge
Each musician in this trio is supremely talented and plays with the sensitivity and virtuosity one would expect from highly...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: December/2019
Pedal Steal + Four Corners
Terry Allen & The Panhandle Mystery Band
Now here's a fascinating one. Terry Allen is an artist of many forms: a conceptual artist, painter, writer, playwright, and...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2019
Quebra-Cabeça
Four albums in and the juggernaut that is São Paulo's Bixiga 70 powers on with added conviction. Since their debut,...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: December/2018
Awake
There are some beautiful songs opening the second album by this folk duo, building on the impact of their debut...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2018
Nyanza
This is the third album from this Kenya-London collaboration and it's the most satisfying and varied set they’ve created yet....
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: November/2015
The Ripple Effect
A dozen years ago, the American banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck took a journey across Africa to research the origins of...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2020
Working Hands
Shetland Islander Jenna Reid is often seen involved with Blazin' Fiddles and fiddle quartet Rant, but here she has regrouped...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: May/2019
