Reviews
Chai Party
Alya Marquardt & The Shamash Ensemble
The first thing that grabs you on this album is the voice. Haunting and full of subtle modulation with an...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2015
Newcomer
As a young Gráinne Brady was learning the fiddle from her dad in County Cavan, she was also enraptured by...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2021
Adghah
Touareg guitar music takes many forms; there is the incandescent psychedelia of Bombino and Mdou Moctar, the nimble blues-rock of...
Reviewed by Asher Breuer-Weil in issue: November/2019
Calypso/Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean
‘Day-o! Day-ay-ay-o! Daylight come and me wan’ go home.’ Everyone knows Belafonte's ‘Banana Boat Song’. For several decades following its...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2014
Nine Pin
Born to Afro-Caribbean parents in Québec and having lived and studied banjo in West Virginia's Appalachian mountains marks Kaia Kater...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: December/2016
Forabandit
Forabandit is a meeting between the French troubadour and the Turkish agik tradition – the music of travelling bards. It...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Sétimo Fado
For an artist still only in her late 20s, it’s a remarkable achieve¬ment to be releasing a seventh album. The...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: Apr/May/2011
The Long March
Le Trio Joubran have been musical flag-bearers for the Palestinian people for more than a decade. For The Long March,...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: December/2018
