Reviews
Beautiful Africa
We have come to expect a lot from young Malian pop-rock singer Rokia Traoré, who surprised the world with her...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Apr/May/2013
The Beginning, the Medium, the End and the Infinite
Truly a concept rather than a story, this comes at you ‘packed with utopia and sermons for righteous earthlings… those...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: May/2021
Malta's Lost Voices
Now that's what I call a CD set. A foot-tall board-encased booklet, shaped like an old gramophone loudspeaker trumpet, is...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: October/2011
A’ Chailleach
Gaelic singer Kim Carnie’s A’ Chailleach is, to quote, “a concept record rooted in female folklore, spell work and hidden...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: January/2026
Not Our First Goat Rodeo
Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile, Stuart Duncan & Edgar Meyer
It's almost a decade since the adventurous classical cellist Yo-Yo Ma teamed up with bluegrass fiddle/banjo player Stuart Duncan, double...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2020
Japanese Traditional Music: Songs of People at Work and Play
This album is the fifth volume in an anthology of traditional Japanese music, created in 1941 by the Kokusai Bunka...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: March/2017
Modern Old-Time Sounds for the Bluegrass and Folksong Jamboree
Jamboree is a wonderful, whimsical American word, which generally refers to a lavish, rambunctious celebration or part invariably involving music,...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2020
Avenging & Bright
O’Kane's Areas of High Traffic album, a revelatory reworking of traditional Irish songs with a very contemporary punch, was just...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: April/2018
Circadian
Last year's Parasol Peak release (a Top of the World review in #143) was a milestone in Manu Delago's career....
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: November/2019
