Reviews
The Final Waltz
This is the debut solo release from the award-winning fiddler and multi- instrumentalist Ciaran Algar, who is best known for...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2016
Coat-Tails Flying
Being able to play just about any kind of music on any kind of squeezebox (with buttons, that is), John...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: December/2017
Du og Eg
Ingunn Stræte Lie & Jo Asgeir Lie
By the end of this album you’ll know your reinlenders from your springars, and polkas will be second nature. Here's...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: October/2016
Ninikamawinan: Songs of Our People
When you consider the juggernaut of American colonisation and the effect it has had on Native Americans, it's amazing that...
Reviewed by James Lascelles in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Kokuma
The Germany-based Membran is the new home of Christian Scholze's ground-breaking Network label, which did so much to put African...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2016
Oumniya
Souad Massi's career has followed an uneven path since her 2001 debut album, Raoui, earned her a nomination for Best...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Marchita
Mexican singer-songwriter Silvana Estrada plays a host of instruments, but says she most often opts for the Venezuelan cuatro guitar,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2022
Red Desert Man
Indigenous singer-songwriter Dave Arden is a gifted Kokatha-Gunditjmara guitarist, storyteller and contemporary songman. Previously best known as a collaborator and...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2020
