Reviews
Sound the People
Brooklyn-based Red Baraat are an international, bhangra-infused version of the brass bands that accompany Indian weddings and festivals. Their latest...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: October/2018
A Wanderer I’ll Stay
Sweet, sincere harmony singing and a deft, relaxed approach to old-time, traditional and contemporary folk music are what characterise this...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2015
On the Lonesome Plain
As the son of world-renowned Irish folk singer Liam Clancy, the apple hasn't fallen far from the tree for this...
Reviewed by Rachel Cunniffe in issue: October/2018
Teeth of Time
Belfast-based singer-songwriter Joshua Burnside’s latest album ranges from the atmospheric opener ‘Teeth of Time: Mountain’ – its first half a...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2025
1783
With his latest album, 1783, the Nova Scotian hip-hop/R&B artist Lance Sampson (Aquakultre), continues his exploration and explication of a...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: February/March/2026
Mâtîrja
British ‘world folk’ artist Ayla Schafer has been releasing for over a decade now. Across multiple album releases, her music...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: May/2026
African Pearls: Senegal – Echo Musical
This collection of largely unknown tracks from Senegambia in the 1970s offers some unexpected musical treats, showcasing as it does...
Reviewed by Jenny Cathcart in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Pete Seeger in England
For most of the 1950s, Pete Seeger was unable to travel outside the US due to the persecution of senator...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2016
Freedom Cry:Condemned Choirs
More than 550 men and women sit on death row in Uganda's prisons, condemned for crimes that include not only...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
