Reviews
Nehalennia
The Belgian Naragonia Quartet is a quality act. Toon Van Mierlo and Pascale Rubens are a button accordion duo, roping...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2025
Tirakat
It’s not often we come across an album that purports to explore the longstanding cultural traffic between Indonesia and the...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2026
Native North America Vol 1: Aboriginal Folk, Rock and Country 1966-1985
The lack of respect or choice given to the original inhabitants of the US would have crushed lesser peoples....
Reviewed by James Lascelles in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Undiscovered Africa
An unashamedly commercial compilation of African music from up-and-coming artists, this album features little-known acts from Nigeria, Rwanda, Botswana, Namibia,...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: May/2016
Interesting Times
‘There is no escaping it. We live in the sort of times that will be referred to by historians as...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2017
Mongolie: Chants de Gorge
This budget CD is a compilation of Mongolian traditional music that only actually features four tracks with throat singing. The...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: November/2015
It is Time for You to Return
Jozef van Wissem is a baroque lute player and self-styled avant-garde composer who recently came to prominence for his soundtrack...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: March/2015
As Montanhas de Som
It’s unclear if this disc was recorded last week or if Gimenes is somehow lost in time. It would not...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: May/2017
Everything Changes
The cover is a photograph of Peggy Seeger: long coat, her back to the camera, banjo case, beside a railway...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2014
The Friel Sisters
Anna, Sheila and Clare Friel were born and brought up in Glasgow, but the music they play is Irish. Their...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
