Reviews
Eternal Return
Taiko drumming is punctuated by chants and yells, encouraging players to perform with maximum energy. This commanding collection celebrates 20...
Reviewed by Vanessa Villalobos in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Just Have to Grow
Co-produced by Nick ‘Midas Touch’ Page (Dub Colossus, Syriana) and recorded live in one room over two days at the...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2012
Les Bateaux
Malian guitarist and singer Mamadou Kelly is a graduate of the bands of both Ali Farka Touré and Afel Bocoum,...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2020
A Time Between Birth and Chaos
On stage, he sits with a qanun, the Middle Eastern zither, on his lap and a table crammed with electronic...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: March/2023
Beauty in the Dirt
Cory Seznec takes the formula he developed with folk trio Groanbox – Americana with global twists – and sets out...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: October/2014
Hey Sammy
Hardy's debut album, Night Visiting, appeared ten years ago, and this is her seventh solo release. She has expanded her...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
El Fill del Llop
Although Efrén López is Spanish-born, he mostly plays various types of Turkish saz and tanbur (long-necked lutes) as well as...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2015
Won’t be Long Now
On her first album in seven years, one of the most truthful voices in music remains powerful and unyielding, no...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Selva
Listen to the opening of ‘Cumbia de la Selva’ and you’ll find yourself unsure where it's taking you. Spain or...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2016
Pajavasara
We all have days when we believe we can split rocks and are immortal (don’t we?). If so, look no...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2021
