Reviews
With Love
Egyptian-born Omar Khorshid was one of the finest guitarists in the Arab world, accompanying the likes of Oum Kalthoum at...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: May/2021
Synaesthesia
Synaesthesia is a new release from the Lush Spa/ECC partnership, led by Simon Emmerson, who's lived in Dorset for the...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Ballads of the Broken Few
Seth Lakeman featuring Wildwood Kin
The sound of Devon singer-songwriter and fiddler Seth Lakeman is well-known to many. This is his eighth studio album since...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: November/2016
Distant Days
In a similar vein to Richard Thompson's Acoustic Classics is Steve Tilston's 19-strong set of revisited songs going as far...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: October/2018
Many a Thousand
Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith
This third studio album from the Norfolk-born folk duo follows their impressive 2016 release, Night Hours. It contains all the...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: October/2018
Change
This kora- and balafon-playing singer-songwriter from Guinea is best known for his dashing presence within the ranks of Afro Celt...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: December/2015
Farewell to the Homeland: Poyln
Behind this album is the story of the Frand family who travelled from Dubiecko, Poland to the US in the...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Autumn Winds
It doesn’t take long to get sucked into the subtle beauty of Irish singer and song collector Niall Hanna's debut...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: May/2018
The Rough Guide to Blues Divas
The stereotypical image of the early blues pioneers as black itinerant males playing bottleneck guitar on the plantations of the...
Reviewed by Nigel Luilliamson in issue: April/2020
Scuru Cauru
Scuru Cauru, Crimi's second album, kicks off with the bubbling of a water pipe and a vague background ditty suggestive...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: July/2023
