Reviews
Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble
It took the Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble until their fifth album and tenth year to go eponymous. It takes time to know...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
From Mountain to Mountain
The death in 2015 of Kentucky-born Jean Ritchie at the age of 92 saw the passing of a leading American...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: July/2016
Duw Duw
An abiding affinity for Cajun and zydeco music permeates Duw Duw, the debut album by London-based singer-guitarist Dai Price and...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2014
Azar
It’s something of a cliché to declare that a particular album would make a great soundtrack for a long journey....
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: July/2013
The Elusive Highland Beauty
With their debut funded by a Kickstarter campaign, The Elephant Sessions describe themselves as a ‘neo-trad quintet forged in the...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Give
The New York-based trio are at it again. But this time things are different – the band have grown up...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: Apr/May/2012
Picnic
Otherwise known as accordionist Sam Pirt andpercussionist Gary Hammond, The Hut People bring to their second full-length album much of...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: July/2012
Sikoses
The Nicosia-based trio Monsieur Doumani have returned with a truly sterling effort on their second album. It features reworkings of...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: June/2015
Home
Here’s an interesting oddity. A group of African musicians sing in a makeshift studio on the banks of Lake Malawi,...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: June/2022
