Reviews
Tiganeasca
French Gypsy band Les Yeux Noirs take their name from a Django Reinhardt tune. They formed around fiddlers and singers...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2011
Through the Seasons: A Year in Morris and Folk Dance
Will Pound's incendiary harmonica playing has overshadowed his mastery of the melodeon – an injustice Through the Seasons puts to...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2018
Acoustic (Live)
Hailing from Saint-Étienne’s Algerian community, Dub Inc grew to fame on French radio waves with a unique fusion of reggae,...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: May/2021
Folk Tale
Now in his mid 60s, the iconic Irish folk trou¬badour still packs a punch, if this latest offering is anything...
Reviewed by Gerry Quinn in issue: March/2012
Nippon Guitars: Instrumental Surf, Eleki & Tsugaru Rock 1966-1974
The Dead Kennedys’ former lead singer Jello Biafra is a big fan. Reinvented Jap-rock historian Julian Cope has also expressed...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Apr/May/2012
Pelerinaj
Vodou priest, actor, singer and choreographer Erol Josué spent two decades living in Paris and New York before returning home...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2022
Brasil Novo
Brasil Novo is an energetic, uplifting and wonderfully-eclectic compilation that celebrates Afro Brazilian music. Via eight contemporary tracks, the record...
Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: July/2022
Play Traditional Cajun Music
The Balfa Brothers were born into a very poor Cajun farming family in southern Louisiana and grew up both speaking...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: June/2012
Some Kind of Certainty
Breabach member and 2008 Young Traditional Musician of the Year award winner Ewan Robertson opens his debut release with a...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2011
Sacred Words
Australian-born Manika Kaur is a singer of shabad-kirtan, verses from the Sikh Holy scriptures consisting of poetry written by the...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: July/2018
