Reviews
Cossack Attack!
Slovak sextet Čendeš are a relatively recently formed band framed around the cimbalom (a hammered dulcimer the size of a...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Poets and Lighthouses
Albert Kuvezin’s new incarnation of Yat-Kha continues his singer-songwriter develop– ment with his unique kanzat style of Tuvan throat singing....
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Sara Correia
Occasionally, a new voice reminds us that traditional fado is still very much alive and proves that the pop or...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: November/2019
Indio de Apartamento
An estranged cousin to last year’s Bill Frisell link-up, Lágrimas Mexicanas, this album is one that demands patience and time...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Wood, Wire & Words
A mere four decades after his last album of original songs was released (1974's Fields of November), Norman Blake gives...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Apr/May/2015
Marchez Noir
Amazigh Kateb, who was the lead singer of Gnawa Diffusion, has turned down the rock from his old group and...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: March/2010
Refuge
Through the medium of slick folk fusion, Refuge delivers a message of tolerance towards immigrants and refugees. The Canadian-based Sultans...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: June/2020
Cape Jazz Series Vol 4: Musical Democracy
It would be crass to call the Cape Jazz Band ‘South Africa’s Buena Vista Social Club.’ But somebody’s got to...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2014
The Hebridean Sessions
Opening with the quickstep and reel that is ‘Locheil's Away’, The Hebridean Sessions is a rather nifty introduction to some...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: March/2016
