Reviews
When the Dust Settles
Second albums are said to be the most problematic creations, particularly after an outrageously strong debut, like Balimaya Project's Wolo...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: October/2023
L’immortel – The 60's Rumba Revolution in Congo
Despite being one of the most instrumental musicians in the rumba revolution that took place across the two Congos during...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: October/2023
Buskers’ Ballroom
First of all, don't be put off by the cheesy cover. She’koyokh are Britain's best klezmer and Balkan music band....
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2011
Cotonou Club
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou
Listen to the opening track, ‘Ne Te Faches Pas’, and you'll hear a powerful muscular testament to the rebirth of...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2011
Two Friends, One Century of Music
In August 2015 the two great names of tropicália – Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil – performed an all-acoustic set...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: May/2016
Bálvvosbáiki
The Indigenous Sámi tradition of joik chanting thrives in many styles across the Sápmi region of northern Norway, Sweden and...
Reviewed by Wif Stenger in issue: April/2025
Sven Nyhus Kvintett
The 85-year-old Sven Nyhus is a major figure in the history of Norwegian traditional music: a fiddler, composer and musicologist...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: November/2017
Pilgrim Souls
The fiddler, singer and step-dancer with popular Scottish band Breabach, and a member of a prominent traditional music family from...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: April/2022
Unfurl
Flora Curzon (violin) and Francesca Ter-Berg (cello) demonstrate a symbiotic musical relationship in this at times remarkable debut album. The...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: April/2019
When the Time Comes
Kamalengoni player Craig Myers is a busy musician. He currently performs with Mike Gordon (of Phish fame) and was a...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: October/2017
