Reviews
Neu Om
Amanda Mur’s debut album spins like a richly gothic journey through the netherworld. Ranging from ambience to avant garde, the...
Reviewed by Rosie Esther Solomon in issue: August/2025
Curlicue
This album brings together two talented British instrumentalists, both of them graduates of the Folk and Traditional Music course at...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: December/2015
Algarabya
The obvious point of reference for La Banda Morisca (The Moorish Band) is the now-defunct Radio Tarifa, with whom they...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: July/2016
Fading Mystery
There's a lot of this around: acoustic groups led by articulate singer-songwriters playing accomplished bluegrass-influenced music. But while Taarka aren’t...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: August/2017
A Sign of Rain
Kim So Ra is a formidable Korean percussionist. Her main instrument is the janggu, the doubled headed hourglass drum. Played...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2020
Mazovian Roots Re:action
Warsaw Village Band, now well entrenched as Poland's best-known folk music export, have a history of experimentation and collaboration. Sometimes...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2019
When Summer Comes Again
This is Simon Mayor and Hilary James’s lockdown album; with no concerts to play they turned to favourite songs and...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2022
Wicked Light
Members of this young folk ensemble began their various musical careers playing spontaneously on the streets of France, Switzerland and...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2023
