Reviews
Canu Rhydd
The literal translation of Canu Rhydd is ‘free poetry’; with their latest album Fernhill continue their pioneering exploration of vernacular...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Apr/May/2011
Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions
Robert Earl Keen's latest album kicks off with a funky little hoedown by Flatt & Scruggs, ‘Hot Corn, Cold Corn.’...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Apr/May/2015
Easy and Bold
The label Veteran specialises in English, Scottish and Irish traditional folk, with a focus on the source singers you might...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2013
Parasol Peak
Since popularising the hang drum – a melodic percussion instrument, and cousin to the steel pan – at the turn...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: December/2018
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Pueblo Vivo (Vibrant People)
It's always a pleasure with world music – and especially so with Latin American rhythms – to be disorientated. When...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Tangaria
French accordionist Richard Galliano knocks out an album or two every year and tours widely as a sort of ambassador...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2010
Hearth
Multiinstrumentalist Mairearad Green’s latest album is inspired by the women and landscapes of Coigach, a peninsula in Wester Ross in...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: November/2020
Let Love Rule
Listening to veteran Aboriginal singer-songwriter Archie Roach's tenth album is a tender and touching experience. The title-track opens with the...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2017
Afrobeat Airways 2: Return Flight to Ghana 1974-1983
Admirers of 70s African music are living in high-cotton times, thanks to admirably dogged labels like Soundway and Analog Africa....
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Hell Yeah!
This is some straight-up knee-slapping, line-dancing, hat-tippin’, hoedown-swinging, Bayou-swimmin’ stuff! If that's not your thing, you’re probably not going to...
Reviewed by Mike Fleck in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
