Reviews
Adventures in the Now
This is the fourth instalment of genre crossing ethno-jazz fusion from Finnish multi-instrumentalist Ilkka Arola and his band Sound Tagine....
Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: June/2025
20,000 Miles
Doug Cox is a Canadian spiritual cousin to Ry Cooder: a bottleneck guitarist steeped in the blues, he finds common...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Tales from the Weeping Willow: Songs of Murder, Death and Sorrow
Traditional folk songs – they’ve got a body count to put gangsta rap to shame. Naomi Bedford has had a...
Reviewed by Tim Camming in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Wind Rose
For her third album, western Canadian fiddle player, singer and step-dancing specialist Jocelyn Pettit conjures up a dozen traditional, contemporary...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2022
The One and The Many
Great things are expected of Muntu Valdo, the Cameroonian musician who turned up in London from Paris three years ago...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2011
Joku Raja Rakkaudesakin
Joku Raja Rakkaudesakin (Even Love Should Have Its Limits) – a phrase the Finnish folk duo of violinist Kukka Lehto...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: June/2025
At My Mother’s Piano
Can memory be preserved through sound? Can a place and a point in time be captured in the soft fall...
Reviewed by Rosie Solomon in issue: May/2025
DNA
Expatriate life can widen an artist's range or dilute their roots, or perhaps both. The work of Flavia Coelho from...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Tagal
This is Norwegian vocal group Kvedarkvintetten‘s third album, a collaboration between the talented quintet and composer/folk musician Jorun Marie Rypdal...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: June/2025
Miliki Sound
Mr Bongo’s Classic African Recordings series continues with a little-known Peter King set, originally released in the UK in 1975....
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
