Reviews
Sahel Folk
Sidi Touré’s first album, Hoga, appeared 14 years ago on Stern’s and it is an indication of how the global...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2011
Make Your Mark
‘Did you hear the final warning?… Did you hear the people calling?’ The first lines of ‘Hollow’, the opening track...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: January/February/2022
River of Happy Souls
Bapi Das Baul is son of Purna Das Baul and grandson of Nabani Das Khyapa Baul who became friendly with...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2021
Hubcap Music
The Californian bluesman’s fifth album doesn’t mess about. Following the sound of an engine revving up, opening track ‘Down on...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: July/2013
Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain’s Visionary Music
Rob Young’s book Electric Eden [reviewed in #73] surveyed the British folk tradition in the 20th century and this double...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Taranta Project
From the suspenseful orchestral arrangement and accordion drone that opens this diverse, deeply engaging album, it's obvious that this Turin-born...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: July/2015
Radio Highlife
Radio Highlife is the fruit of many years' worth of Auntie Flo touring around the world, tuning in to local...
Reviewed by Tim Romain in issue: March/2019
The Bell That Never Rang
Captivating, exquisite, stunning. The excitable flurry of deserving superlatives that followed Lau's live performances with the Elysian Quartet were even...
Reviewed by Edward Craggs in issue: June/2015
Tsara Madagasikara
Here is the long awaited return of one of Madagascar's most loved musicians, valiha (bamboo zither) master and multi-instrumentalist Samoela...
Reviewed by Paddy Bush in issue: October/2010
Albion Voice
She's a one-woman show wrapped in the colours of leftfield folk pop, Indian strings, art ensemble music and a broad...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2013
