Reviews
The Reason Why Vol 1
Goran Kajfe Subtropic Arkestra
Perhaps feeling the need to explain himself after X/Y, Goran Kajfeš’ critically acclaimed but impossible-to-categorise album, The Reason Why Vol...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2013
All Seven Stars
This folk quartet known as Long Lankin comprises former Medieval Baebe Tanya Jackson, Shetland fiddler Marion Gray, London-Irish player Caroline...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
On the Rock
On the Rock takes 14 beloved songs, jigs and reels from Newfoundland and sends them gently spinning in a new...
Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: April/2021
Yaho Bele/Say Yeah
Badume’s Band & Selamnesh Zéméné
Badume’s Band are one of the mainstays of European Ethio-jazz, with over a decade of experience as the go-to backing...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2021
The Rough Guide to Salsa
This selection by Pablo Yglesias (aka DJ Bongohead) has been tested on the dance floor and is aimed at the...
Reviewed by Daniela Rosselson in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Marcha!
This is the third album from the male voice choir from the quartier of La Plaine in Marseille, who go...
Reviewed by Phil Sweeney in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Disko Telegraf
Balkan Taksim are the latest act to push the Balkan sound into fresh and exciting Turkish territory, reminding one of...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: June/2021
The Turn of the Tide
This is the second solo album from the Sussex-based folk singer with fingers in many pies. He is the co-founder...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: November/2017
