Reviews
Bright Land
The San Francisco-based quintet the Crooked Jades rival the Carolina Chocolate Drops as the foremost proponents of pre-radio old-time rural...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Do Primeiro Fado Ao Último Tango
‘From the First Fado to the Last Tango’ is a Best Of set celebrating Mísia’s 25 years as a recording...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: May/2017
Mark The Hard Earth
Kris Drever is a man of many talents: one part of Anglo–Scots powerhouse Lau, one part of Drever McCusker Woomble,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2010
Chapters of My Life
This debut recording from the Atlanta-based Cameroonian singer and guitarist reveals a very eccentric persona, Moken's voice creeping from a...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: July/2016
Mély
Rozsdamaró are, in terms of the Hungarian folk revival, relative newcomers but committed traditionalists; that is to say that they...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: April/2020
World on the Ground
Sarah Jarosz's fifth studio release is the product of a new collaboration with musician, songwriter and producer Josh Leventhal. Known...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
The Dance She Spoke
Duende Libre's third album, The Dance She Spoke, finds the band's founders – pianist Alex Chadsey, drummer Jeff ‘Bongo’ Busch...
Reviewed by Catalina Maria Johnson in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
La Bodega
Totó la Momposina celebrates her 69th birthday with an irresistible disc of diverse Colombian genres, all rooted in her hometown...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
