Reviews
LL25
There are 16 musicians supporting The London Lasses in celebrating their 25 years together on LL25, a generous 14-track album...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: August/September/2023
Roots 2
The sense of community created by Devon folk duo Show of Hands is perhaps their greatest achievement. It begins on...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2024
Tøyen Sessions
Although all the compositions on this new album by Norway’s Larsen Trio were apparently written by Larsen himself, you might...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: December/2023
Conflict
Pounding drums, driving electric guitar and forthright vocals – this is rock-folk rather than folk-rock. As Prior states on the...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: January/2026
Invented Folksongs
Anna Pidgorna is a Ukrainian-Canadian singer and composer, currently residing in Vancouver. Despite this album’s title, her works possess a...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: February/March/2026
Aegina’s Secret
Yinon Muallem | Yinon Muallem & Guy Mintus
After a visit to Aegina, one of the Saronic Islands near Athens, Israeli-born composer, percussionist and oud maestro Yinon Muallem...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2026
Measure, Pour & Mixtape: Music for Cooking
This is literally a cassette mixtape, limited to 300 copies, although also available digitally. The mechanics of cooking, the sociability...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: March/2024
Nani
Nani is the debut album from Finnish folk musician and researcher Emmi Kujanpää. An avid enthusiast of Finnish and Bulgarian...
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: May/2020
A Lifetime Isn’t Enough
Grammy-winning producer/conflict resolution specialist Ian Brennan and Italian-Rwandan photographer/filmmaker Marilena Delli Umuhoza have long provided platforms for the under-represented with...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: May/2022
Maputo Queens
This is the debut solo album from composer, arranger and producer Etienne de la Sayette. The Parisian is primarily known...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: October/2016
