Reviews

The Missing Star

Lunatraktors

Carli Jefferson and Clair Le Couteur, aka Lunatrakrors, are an intriguing duo. Based in Margate, they are exponents of what...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: June/2021

Akal Warled

Imarhan Timbuktu

Mix the hypnotic call-and-response vocals and tinde hand-drums of the Touareg troupe Tartit with the electric guitars, rocking rhythms and...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Ere Gobez

Debo Band

America's Debo Band revisits and transforms with uncanny authenticity the kind of classic Ethiopian music popularised by the epic Éthiopiques...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2016

HEISK

HEISK

Punchy drums, electronic flourishes, ear-catching grooves: this is instrumental trad-inspired tunes taken out of the pub and elevated to the...

Reviewed by Sophie Parkes in issue: November/2021

In a Cosmic Ear

Re Niliu

Up until their dissolution in the mid-1990s, Calabria's Re Niliu had been diving deep into traditional Italian peasant music, growing...

Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: June/2015

Daa Dee

Minyeshu

Ethiopian singer Minyeshu Kifle Tedla amalgamates Western instrumentation into a mix of modern and traditional Ethiopian musical styles. Based in...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: December/2018

Gollehelmmot

Ánnámáret Ensemble

This Finnish ensemble has its roots in the Sámi tradition. It seems to be a flourishing period for new Sámi...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2017

Where the River Meets the Road

Tim O'Brien

Classic country and bluegrass fans – folks who revere Bill Monroe, Porter Wagoner, Buck Owens, Flatt & Scruggs and the...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2017

Tusona: Tracings in the Sand

Mokoomba

Mokoomba are back at last, six years on from their last album Luyando and ten years after winning a Songlines...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2023

Move into the Luminous

Makushin

The cool, ambient depth charges embedded across Move into the Luminous come from prolific double bassist Jon Thorne (Lamb, Yorkston...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/February/2024