Reviews
Lanmou Lanmou
Dowdelin (a play on the word ‘dawdling’) are a four-piece band based in Lyon, France, whose name is a bit...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: April/2022
Diamonoye Tiopité L'Epoque de I'Evolution
Idrissa Diop & Cheikh Tidiane Tall
In 1974, a millionaire Senegalese businessman named Ndiouga Kebe opened Sahm, the first shopping complex in Dakar. It had its...
Reviewed by Jenny Cathcart in issue: June/2011
Rhymes With Orange
An enthusiastic duo from Bristol comprised of guitarist and singer Jon Lewis and singer and percussionist Jah-Man Aggrey, originally from...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Hunter
Christina Alden & Alex Patterson
Locked down doesn’t mean imaginations are locked up. In Hunter, song inspiration is global, despite being set down and sung...
Reviewed by Sophie Parkes in issue: July/2021
Percussion Around the World
There's a feast of randomness here: a loose compilation of tracks in a multitude of styles whose music ranges from...
Reviewed by Barak Schmool in issue: April/2016
Falling
The Fire Doves, a UK duo consisting of the two singers Sebastiana Black and Birgitta Campbell, one playing accordion and...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: December/2018
Zipserim
At the Czech Music Crossroads conference in Ostrava, one of the most surprising and interesting groups was the Mojše Band...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Distant Havens
This inventive British folk trio bring together influences from across Britain and Ireland – five songs here are sung in...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: December/2017
Kissin’ is the Best of A’
Bruce MacGregor, Christine Hanson & Friends
It's been ten years since fiddler MacGregor and cellist Hanson collaborated on 101 Reasons to do Nothing and Kissin’ is...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Apr/May/2012
Time To Save The World
This Cheshire-based Americana ensemble probably first came to most people's attention as finalists in 2008's BBC Radio 2 Young Folk...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
