Reviews
The Rough Guide to the Blues Songsters
The African-American songster tradition was for many years regarded as a poor relation of the Delta blues: its repertoire of...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2015
Faran
Faran is an Israeli instrumental group playing their own compositions on traditional Middle Eastern instruments, including oud (lute), kamancheh (spike...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: October/2014
Al-Zarqa
While the Cairo-born musician Ali Khattab is described as a flamenco guitarist, it's better to think of him simply as...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
1990
The village of Szászcsávás in Romania only has 1,000 inhabitants, but its fame far outweighs its size thanks to its...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2019
Caresse de l'Âme
The Comoros islands are like four giant stepping-stones in the Indian Ocean standing between north Madagascar and Africa. Legend tells...
Reviewed by Paddy Bush in issue: June/2012
Solo
In instrumental folk, it's rare that a solo album is actually a solo album. An album of ‘solo fiddle’ will...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: May/2018
The Conversation
The generous amount of music offered on The Conversation by Pete's Posse may not get you much closer to identifying...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Amerli: Refugees for Refugees
Muziekpublique is a non-profit organisation based in Brussels that seeks to bring together musicians from different cultures now resident in...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2016
OK OK OK
Having released 60 albums since 1967, Afro-Brazilian legend Gilberto Gil shows no sign of slowing down with his latest project,...
Reviewed by Julia Baker in issue: March/2019
Changeling
Rachel Newton is nothing if not busy – a member of The Shee, the Emily Portman Trio, the Furrow Collective...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2014
