Reviews
A Parulluccia
Alba emerged from the rebirth of Corsican music at the end of the 20th century, honouring the distinctive polyphony of...
Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: June/2018
All in Always
Most records represent a step forward, or sideways, away from their predecessors. With All in Always, Laura Cortese has made...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: April/2017
Radio Lusaka
Alick Nkhata was a World War Two veteran, a freedom fighter against colonialism, a singer-musician who led the Lusaka Radio...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2025
Corbeau
A youthful trio from Prince Edward Island, Jesse Périard (guitar and banjo), Caleb Gallant (cajon, bodhrán and djembé), and Rowen...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2015
Katta ame aava? (Where Do We Come From?)
Finland has a small Roma community and a tango scene – both the music and the dance. So much so...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: November/2018
Written in Water
There's a sense of loss as well as near-chaotic celebration about this collaboration between musicians of the Scottish Highlands and...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: December/2018
After a Thousand Years
Two years ago, Brooklyn-born musician producer Jneiro Jarel had virtually completed this album, while he was living in Costa Rica....
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: December/2020
North Korea: Traditional Songs
This album features traditional north-western seodo sori, a genre of songs once associated with courtesans, and a smattering of collective...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Botany Bay
This new album of traditional songs from Hertfordshire's Kelly Oliver is produced by Megson's Stuart Hanna, who manages to frame...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: November/2018
