Reviews
N'Diale
Jacky Molard Quartet & Foune Diarra Trio
The musics of West Africa and the Celtic world might appear unlikely bedfellows but they're far from strangers. We've heard...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: June/2011
O Fado em Nós
For quite some time, it looked like Pedro Moutinho would never live up to the rather unfair job of stepping...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: July/2016
Rio de Janeiro
If too much sun leads to a prematurely furrowed brow, no-one's told Joyce: it's difficult to think of another sexagenarian...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Apr/May/2012
Get Ready
The Revelers hail from Lafayette, the capital of Cajun country, and consist of six young musicians schooled in the local...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Play Disco Specials
This is a reissue of the 1976 album originally released by the JAS Pride label in South Africa. The set-up...
Reviewed by Michael Galea in issue: May/2020
Blue Tsapiky
Claude Teta is a guitarist and vocalist from Madagascar and here he is joined by a singer called Kirasoa, who...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Wild Blue Yonder
The knowingly kitsch cover says it all really: a trio of country musicians aboard a covered wagon, flying like Santa's...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2016
Alchemy
The fun and engaging new album from the indie-folk band finds them celebrating their tenth anniversary by returning to their...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2022
Brighter Every Day
Produced by Chris Pandolfi of The Infamous Stringdusters and recorded over a five-day period in August of last year, this...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2015
