Reviews
See You Around
After years of teasing us – an impromptu debut at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival in 2014, a world tour and...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2018
The Treasure Dub Albums Collection
When the gun-slinging ex-cop Duke Reid passed on in 1975, rival producer Sonia Pottinger acquired his legendary Treasure Isle studio...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Flight
Afro Celt Sound System's 20th anniversary comeback, 2016's The Source, was a big success, winning them a Songlines Music Award...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Besh o droM20
The first track of Besh o droM's new album, ‘Atom Csocsek’, kicks off with a low-slung bassline coupled with rousing...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Shindu Shi
On his previous album, Kenyan musician Fadhilee Itulya celebrated the dance music of Western Kenya's Isukha and Idakho communities. His...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: November/2021
You Etched Your Face in Mine
There seems to be a bit of a boom in the Hungarian folk scene right now, with some interesting new...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2011
Ffiniau
Ffiniau is Welsh for ‘borders’ and harpist and singer Bethan Nia’s debut album explores the boundaries that exist between people,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2021
DJ Click Presents: Click Here, Jaipur Remix Dub
French producer and musical magpie DJ Click turns his gaze upon the Rajasthani city of Jaipur on this global beats...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2014
Laço Umbilical
On a trip to Cape Verde last year I found myself being chastised by another journalist for mentioning the search...
Reviewed by Clive Davis in issue: May/2018
Still
Working with producer Jeff Tweedy, singer of the rootsy American indie band Wilco, Richard Thompson has taken a swerve in...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
