Reviews
Englobed
The guitar-playing soloist on this disc, Giuliano Modarelli, has evidently mastered the elements of raga to a high degree, and...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: March/2013
Afrik TounMé
These are difficult days in Mali, with political upheaval adding to the problems brought by COVID-19, but great music is...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: November/2020
Rose in June
Boden's presence on the 21st-century British folk scene has been colossal – from his stint in Eliza Carthy's Ratcatchers band...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2020
Karantamba
Tiny Gambia has always struggled to maintain a musical identity beside its mighty neighbour, Senegal. For long periods its music...
Reviewed by Mark Hudson in issue: June/2012
Ancestors Call
These extremely well recorded new versions of songs familiar to Tuvan throat singing fans (mainly from 1994's The Orphan's Lament...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Resilience
Musician, humanitarian and photographer Samite has dedicated his career to the exploration of the power of music as a healing...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: December/2018
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
Songs From Badissa
Cameroonian vocal¬ist and multi¬instrumentalist Erik Aliana and his band Korongo Jam are attracting their fair share of attention, and no...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
The Tinker's Dream
Although The Tinker's Dream is ostensibly a solo album, it sounds very much the product of a group. Chris Murphy,...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: April/2017
Te More
Whirimako Black & Richard Nunns
It’s hard to think of two people more central to the recent resurgence of traditional Maori music than Whirimako Black...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
