Reviews
La Guinéenne
Youssou N’Dour might be still defined by ‘Seven Seconds’, his 1994 smash hit with Neneh Cherry, had he not gone...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2012
Nagez Rameurs
Québécois music is fed by rich waters – French, Irish, Scottish, Breton and Maritime traditions are all integral to its...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Purpose + Grace
How's this for statistics: 23 nominations in 11 years at the BBC Folk Awards, including nine consecutive nominations for Artist...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Japanistan
This recording by Paris-based instrumentalist Kengo Saito appears to occupy a niche of one, being a cross-section of music from...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Hues of Imagination
Melisa Yıldırım & Swarupa Ananth
This is a remarkable duo of Anatolian fiddle with Indian tabla percussion. Melisa Yıldırım plays an Azeri-style bowed kamancha with...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2023
From Van to Yerevan
This album is the result of the meeting of two female exponents of a tradition known as the aşık (in...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: August/2017
The Fade in Time
Sam Lee has wandered throughout the UK and Ireland learning songs, and how to sing them, from travellers and Gypsies,...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Apr/May/2015
The Borametz Tree
There's a lot to enjoy under The Borametz Tree, a musical interzone from Cambridge guitarist C Joynes, encompassing desert blues...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2019
In Between Times
While Gaudi’s career has evolved from producer to solo artist, his experiments in electronica have always stayed true to dub....
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
