Reviews
Stealing Time
I rarely use the phrase ‘golden voice’, but on this new album from Newfoundland folk singer Matthew Byrne, his voice...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: July/2025
At the Feet of the Beloved
The brothers Rizwan and Muazzam’s new album is very much in keeping with the Khan family tradition, notably that of...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: May/2025
Kasahwa: Early Singles
An integral part of the chimurenga revolution spearheaded by Thomas Mapfumo during Zimbabwe's liberation struggle, Stella Chiweshe recorded these eight...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2018
Early Scottish Ragtime
Dr Vic Gammon recently retired from the International Centre for Music Studies at the Newcastle University, but is as busy...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: December/2016
Keepsakes
With cover art picturing keepsakes sent in by fans – an old travelcard, an old tooth, an old mixtape –...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
The Other Shore
Few artists are as cosmopolitan as Marta Topferova. Born and partly raised in Czechoslovakia, this 30-something singer-songwriter emigrated to the...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
The Days That Shaped Me
Marry Waterson & Oliver Knight
Marry Waterson and Oliver Knight are the children of Lal Waterson, so grew up in that great singing family that...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Apr/May/2011
Feast of the Hunters’ Moon
Is there something about the sometimes torpid climate of the north-western US that informs the approach of some of the...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Rough Guide to Brazilian Café
That the 50s singer Connie Francis was not so long ago hot DJ currency in Sao Paulo is perhaps the...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
The Darkness Between the Leaves
From the rain-soaked Scottish glens to the hot and dusty deserts of Mali, the Alba Griot Ensemble have discovered an...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2018
