Reviews
African Revolution
Tiken Jah Fakoly is perhaps Africa’s most gifted reggae artist, stepping deftly in the footsteps of fellow Ivorian Alpha Blondy....
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Sê
It’s never easy when someone, unable to fight destiny picks up on the same craft their parents excelled...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: November/2022
Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn
While her husband Béla Fleck has been busily recording with African musicians, Abigail Washburn has forged a productive collaboration with...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2020
Jamaica Folk Trance Possession: Mystic Music from Jamaica, Roots of Rastafari 1939-1961
This two-CD set is no less than a historic document, among the most important anthologies of Jamaican audio ever assembled....
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: October/2013
Je Suis Africain
Reviewing the last will and testament of recently departed artists can sometimes be difficult with sentiment clouding critical judgement and...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2019
Volume II
The Armagh Rhymers have been fusing ancient and modern, the mundane and the magical, legend and the life lived since...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: May/2022
Folk Awards 2011
Twenty-seven tracks selected from nominees for the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2011 makes for a compelling compilation. It includes...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2011
Folies Berbères
French-Berber singer, Karimouche, returns with her third album, Folies Berbères (Berber Madness), where she talks about growing up in France...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: May/2021
Things That Fly
If you like peppery banjo picking and close male harmonies – and you should if you're a bluegrass fan –...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: July/2010
Music for the Hawaiian Islands Vol 3: Pi’ilani Maui
The third volume of Kuana Torres Kahele's six-part CD series celebrating the musical spirit of individual Hawaiian Islands continues the...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan	 in issue: July/2015
