Reviews
Rwanda is My Home
This is a very enjoyable yet remarkably melancholic release by a four-piece acoustic group from Rwanda. Part of the charm...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: December/2015
Music is Choice
A trio that existed from 1998 to 2005, New Zealand's Trinity Roots were local heroes who opened the door for...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Many Languages: One Soul
Five skilled clarinettists from across the Balkan peninsula have been convened by two clarinettist/composers from Germany, under the auspices of...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2015
Open Guitar (Volume One)
The concept behind Australian guitarist D.C Cross’s latest album is intended as an antidote to the frenetic nature of modern...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: April/2026
Day is Come
The self-titled first album by the trio of Nuala Kennedy (flute and whistle), John Doyle (guitar, bodhrán, keyboards), and Eamon...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: May/2022
Fine Bloom
Free the Honey is a quartet that plies its trade with a tight-knit, nearly telepathic ease. Jenny Hill (vocals, fiddle,...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
When All is Still
Rachael McShane & The Cartographers
‘The Molecatcher’, the first track of Rachael McShane's terrific album with her new band, The Cartographers, sets the tenor of...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2018
This is Kologo Power!
Music from Bolgatanga, the capital of Ghana's Sahelian north-east region, is hugely different from the more accessible highlife generally made...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Two Beats One Soul
Of all the recent Cuban mash-ups, this fusion of Cuban and North American music comes with the most inflated publicity....
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2018
The Rough Guide to the Roots of Gospel
In the early days of popular recording, blues and gospel marched hand in hand – God’s music and the devil’s...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2020
