Reviews
Africa Express Presents…
Africa Express is a loose cooperative of like minds (with Damon Albarn somewhere near the hub) that takes Western rock...
Reviewed by Mark Ellingham in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Unearth Repeat
Following on from his Island Records’ debut, The Unfinished Violin, England's premier fiddler releases a small band album with a...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2020
Doomsday Survival Kit
Don't be fooled by the short tracklisting on Lebanese duo Praed's fourth album. The four tracks near an hour of...
Reviewed by Tutku Barbaros in issue: December/2019
La Gouache
In 2000, Parisian band Java gave traditional bal-musette (French accordion music) a 21st-century makeover, adding the lyrics of Erwan Séguillon...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: March/2021
Balkanica! v2
This album is the second in the Balkan-ica! series from Green Queen Music, an Italian label run by Luca Gatti...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: June/2011
Come 2 Me
Ilaria Graziano & Francesco Forni
In 2015, Ilaria Graziano and Francesco Forni delighted their native Italian audiences, as well as overseas listeners, with the Irish-tinged...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2016
The Old School
In a career that spans six decades, Rowan has sung and played guitar and mandolin with Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys;...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2013
Aja Wele-Wele
The self-taught Nigerian guitarist Oliver Nayoka began playing in church before forming his Talented Fellows of Africa band in 2006....
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2022
