Reviews
Life in a Paper Boat
This is Kate Rusby's 14th studio album in nearly 25 years as an artist – quite an achievement. Life in...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: December/2016
No Ama
The daughter of a diplomat, Nancy Vieira was born in Guinea Bissau, grew up in the Cape Verdean capital, Praia,...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2012
Hover
This second album from esteemed fiddle player Bryony Griffith brings together an outstanding collection of both known and less-common English...
Reviewed by Rachel Cunniffe in issue: March/2019
Happy Machine
The high-energy high jinks of this group from Bosnia and Herzegovina work a sort of reverse Balkanisation. Which is to...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: April/2016
Young Iranian Female Voices: Songs in the Mist
This is a result of ten young Iranian female singers having gone to record in Norway. Women singers performing in...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: April/2017
Queens of Fado: The Next Generation
Not that long ago, no youngster in their right mind would confess to liking fado in Portugal. In the years...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
From Senegal to the World: 80s Classics & Rarities
Youssou N’Dour began the 80s as the hub of a dynamic emerging music scene in Senegal and ended them being...
Reviewed by Mark Hudson in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
The Rise Up
Mehmet Ali Sanhkol & Whatsnext?
Mehmet Ali Sanlikol already sings, plays ney, zurna and oud, but that doesn’t discourage this Turkish-American from penning The Rise...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: October/2020
16 Miles
Jaywalkers are the fresh-faced duo of Jay Bradberry (vocals, fiddle and guitar) and Michael Giverin (mandolin and guitar). As the...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2012
Yakar
After years spent playing percussion in L’orchestre Nationale du Senegal and backing the likes of Youssou N’Dour on tour, Diagne,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2013
