Reviews
Voltaje Raizal
A rhizome is an underground plant stem; recent scientific investigation has shown it to be a secret communications pathway for...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: January/February/2022
Sweet Liberties
This admirable project, commissioned by the Folk by the Oak festival and EFDSS to celebrate 800 years of the pursuit...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: November/2016
Optimisme
‘Badala’, the opening track on Songhoy Blues’ third album, is rather alarming – which of course was the band’s intention....
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2020
The Wild Atlantic Way: A Journey in Irish Music
Launched in 2014, and claiming to be the world's longest coastal touring route, the Wild Atlantic Way threads itself along...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: December/2015
Recalibrate
From the first beats of ‘I Wanna Talk to You’, the opening track of Eccodek’s fifth studio album Recalibrate, you...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: August/September/2022
Bold Champions
The second album from the trio, following 2015's Wing of Evening, Bold Champions is another strong set of traditional songs...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2019
Gnawa or Never
Maalem Said Damir & Gnawa Allstars
It is difficult to record Gnawa music well – the sonic mix of the gimbri's (lute) deep bass and the...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2017
Ouled Bambara: Portraits of Gnawa
Caitlin McNally, who produced this CD/DVD package, writes: ‘In early 2005, I headed to Marrakech, Morocco with a camera, a...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
E-and’a
At the risk of sounding like a reverse snob, it seems to be a rule of thumb now that if...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: June/2014
