Reviews
Unknown Waters
Though they may have ventured into the southern flatlands of England, the folk duo Megson has always remained close to...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: May/2022
Kiniata
Kinshasa is surely one of the world’s most exciting musical cities, and Kin’Gongolo Kiniata are the latest proponents of that...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2025
The YoYouMeTú Trilogy: Volume 3
On the final instalment of The YoYouMeTú Trilogy, Peruvian-Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Abraham Gomez-Delgado continues the DIY sophistication that so surprised...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: May/2019
Dubs & Versions I
Glitterbeat Records have created an original album that is like an echo of a ‘Best Of’: they have given dub...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Spirituals & Shout Songs from the Georgia Coast
The Gullah communities of the Georgia coast in the southern US first won interest when the pioneering folklorists Alan Lomax...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: June/2017
Mother Nature
Angélique Kidjo has a pleasing way of making every release a unique project rather than just another album. After collaborating...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2021
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Kathryn Locke with Chodompa Music
The self-styled ‘wayward cellist’ returns from seven years of silence with a musical collective that draws on Indian and Tibetan...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Mokuy
Two years on from their exquisite self-titled 2021 debut album (five stars in #172), the Hand To Earth ensemble –...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2024
Diew Sor Isan: The North East Thai Violin of Thonghuad Faited
Most compilations of north-eastern Thai music focus on the region's most popular instrument, the khaen, a free-reed bamboo mouth organ,...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: October/2012
