Reviews
Healing Voices
The soulfully-voiced Belgian-Ghanaian multi-instrumentalist Esinam Dogbatse, who performs under the name ESINAM, met the South African singer and guitarist Sibusile...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2025
Special Edition Part 1
Since forming in the 1990s, New Zealand soul-dub-electronic outfit Fat Freddy's Drop have steadily built a deserved reputation as one...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2020
Left Foot Dance of the Yi
Chinese rock musicians have long sought inspiration in the earthy sounds of folk music, often derived from the ethnic minorities....
Reviewed by Rowan Pease in issue: July/2014
Volume Two
Scottish acoustic guitarist Will McNicol’s first collaboration with the Innotet string quartet was lauded by Classic FM and its successor...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: December/2024
El Viejo Caminante
Dino Saluzzi, Jacob Young, José María Saluzzi
The Argentinian father-and-son team of Dino and José María Saluzzi, who play bandoneon and classical guitar respectively, are joined here...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: September/2025
Rebuilding
Jake Xerxes Fussell & James Elkington
In a move away from their usual collaborative format (James has played on and produced Jake’s last two albums), these...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: February/March/2026
Traces
Traces is Polwart's fifth studio album and her talent for responsive and emotive lyrics combined with sweet melodies is just...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2012
Black Eagle
Based in New Zealand’s musically-vibrant capital Wellington, singer Iva Lamkum boasts a Samoan-Chinese bloodline, but it’s difficult to identify all...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Serenity
Ustad Ali Ahmad Hussain Khan & Party
The shehnai (a double-reed wind instrument) has one of the richest and most mournful sounds in Indian music, but it’s...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
