Reviews
The Incredible NANÁ
Naná Vasconcelos with Agustín Pereyra Lucena
A de facto solo debut of sorts yet only ever released in Argentina, The Incredible NANÁ dates back to 1971...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: January/2021
The Encounter of Vocal Heritage
Migrancy is an inescapable condition of our time, and people in movement to strange places carry remembrances of home with...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2017
Farewell to the Homeland: Poyln
Behind this album is the story of the Frand family who travelled from Dubiecko, Poland to the US in the...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
The Rough Guide to the Music of Scandinavia
This compilation takes a broad view of Scandinavia, going beyond the usual Norway/Sweden/ Denmark configuration and taking in fellow Nordic...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Dlúth & Inneach (Warp & Weft)
I first saw The Weaving play a captivating set at the Hammersmith Irish Centre in May 2024; the Anglo-Irish trio’s...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2026
Jaron Freeman-Fox & The Opposite of Everything
Jaron Freeman-Fox & The Opposite of Everything
What do Indian raga, bluegrass, klezmer and Mongolian throat singing have in common? Nothing. And maybe that’s exactly what Canadian...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: March/2014
Te yn y Grug (Tea in the Heather)
Welsh musician Al Lewis is well established as a singer-songwriter, both as a solo artist and as half of Americana...
Reviewed by Elliw Iwan in issue: May/2020
Amber Sands
An Ireland-based, Austrian-born fiddle player and composer, Schwab's solo debut comes after globe-hopping collaborations with the likes of Austrian string...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2014
Songs of the Rising Sun
WSPAK is Polish duo Adrianna (Ada) Kafel-Woźniak and Aleksandra (Ola) Pura-Cidyło from Białystok in the north-east of the country. They...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: February/March/2025
What's Not Enough About That?
This third album shows how Vula Viel have very quickly become a band whose new releases you breathlessly await and...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: May/2020
