Reviews

Kongo

Les Tambours de Brazza

Since 1991 this group from Brazzaville in the Republic of Congo has been developing its folkloric drum and dance act...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2018

Masters of Their Craft

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Home to an artist roster that has shaped the sound of contemporary Irish folk music, Tara Music (formerly Tara Records)...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Jan/Feb/2014

Toquinho

Toquinho

Now in his early 70s, Antônio Pecci Filho, aka Toquinho, is still popular in his native Brazil. He possesses some...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Jan/Feb/2019

Nha Vida

Ceuzany

If you can get past the cover, which resembles a Stock, Aitken & Waterman 12” from the late 80s, this...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Jan/Feb/2014

Soisín

Kíla

Kíla have stepped away from the dance floor and into the chill-out room with the meditative, Japanoiserie of Soisín, their...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2010

Gaelré

Gráinne Holland

Gaelré sees Belfast's Gráinne Holland delivering a spellbinding follow-up to her 2011 debut Teanga na nGael. Reunited with arranger and...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Jan/Feb/2016

The Rough Guide to Cajun & Zydeco

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Compiler Herman Fuselier – a writer and broadcaster in Opelousas, Louisiana – states that not one of the artists on...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2012

Moving in the Dark

Dizraeli and the Small Gods

This ambitious album from British rapper Dizraeli and his bandmates, the Small Gods, resounds with heartfelt honesty, dry wit and...

Reviewed by Lilly Pollard in issue: June/2013

You No Fit Touch Am

Dele Sosimi

There is Femi and Seun Kuti, of course, and the ever-dextrous iconic Tony Allen, who guests hither and yon. But...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2015

CAOIN

Ceara Conway

The debut album from one of Ireland’s most intriguing emerging talents, visual artist and vocalist Ceara Conway, CAOIN (Cry), clothes...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: July/2022