Reviews
The Irish Sea Sessions 2012
Like a younger, slightly stroppier cousin to Celtic Connections’ Transatlantic Sessions, the Liverpool Irish Festival’s Irish Sea Sessions bring together...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2014
Reach Out
Festival reggae favourites New Town Kings have a reputation for bringing the party, come rain or shine, and Reach Out...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: July/2018
The Art of the Kora
This is an augmented reissue of the first commercial release of solo kora and griot music recorded in 1972. The...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: April/2020
The Pure and the Golden
The entire world knows and loves South Africa's premier Zulu ensemble. Joseph Shabalala's group has such a vast repertoire, recorded...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2012
The Buzz and the Bells
This is the second studio recording from the Richmond, Virginia-based group specialising in the enticing sounds of Ethiopian jazz. Their...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: November/2022
The Peacock and the Sunflower
Veretski Pass are one of the world’s leading traditional klezmer bands, partly because they search out unusual and little-known repertoire....
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2025
Hard Times Never Kill
In much the same way as the late guitarist Ronnie Moipolai from Botswana, the blind guitarist and singer Daniel Gonora...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: April/2022
Tigres En Fuga
The recent surge in popularity for Peruvian cumbia (aka chicha), has seen the style adopted by bands from around the...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: October/2014
At Kriol Junction
It’s been five years since this multi¬cultural collective’s compelling and original debut album More Big Musik from Over There! But...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: June/2014
Bird's Nest
Their 2012 debut Waterbound and self-titled second album from two years later were both judged ‘Instrumental Album of the Year’...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
