Reviews
The Rough Bounds
Named after an area of West Lochaber where the band formed 20 years ago, The Rough Bounds is another strong...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2018
The Somerset Sessions
Lakeman sings and plays several instruments but his great gift, drawing on the folk tradition, is for narrative. The Somerset...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2023
Soga Jamailé
Sweden has proved to be a fertile home in exile for many African musicians, among them the Sudanese singer and...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/February/2024
Tanou
There are few more ancient instruments than Mali’s six-stringed, individually bowed n’dan, or ‘traveller’s harp’. Fewer still whose existence is...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: April/2024
Kan Ya Makan (Once Upon a Time)
Four years after an adventurous solo debut which took us on an exhilarating journey through the Arabic world, Franco-Algerian singer,...
Reviewed by Pierre Cuny in issue: February/March/2025
Magnetismo Animal
Bogotá’s indie-tropical darlings La Sonora Mazurén continue their psychedelic musical adventures on their second album Magnetismo Animal. With a line-up...
Reviewed by Justin Turford in issue: January/2025
Tukaluguti
For years, I held up Inuit accordion music as the least-known folk music in the world. There were very few...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: April/2026
