Reviews
The Raven's Rock
This solo album from Lúnasa's Cillian Vallely has been a long time coming. Happily, the wait has been worth it....
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: December/2016
The New Mine
Soon after he’d formed Matthews Southern Comfort, ex-Fairport Convention singer songwriter Iain Matthews enjoyed a million-selling No 1 hit in...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: July/2020
For Tradition Turn to Nedunuri
These three discs comprise an entire concert performance by one of Karnatic music's greatest singers of the 20th century, Nedunuri...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: March/2015
The Space Between
Kicking off with a fiery, drum-pounding reel courtesy of Jerry Holland (‘Brenda Stubbert’s Reel’) and closing with the rather spooky...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: November/2022
Door to the Cosmos
When Sun Ra dared to knock on the door of the cosmos in 1979 whoever let him in didn’t close...
Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: November/2020
¡Ay!
¡Ay!, the seventh solo release from Colombian-born, Berlin-based musician and producer Lucrecia Dalt, is an album of twin concepts. The...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: November/2022
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Back to Følk (Music from Følklānd)
Like the ancient Hungarians who migrated from the Urals to the banks of the Danube, Kerekes Band have been on...
Reviewed by Tommie Black-Roff in issue: November/2016
Clandestino
Starting with true Cuban son flavours on ‘A Mí Me Gusta Compay’ before settling into the nueva trova sounds that...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Apr/May/2012
Kayeba Khasso
This is the debut recording of a married couple from Mali who shot to fame in West Africa following their...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: May/2018
Songs of Paapieye
SK Kakraba is a Ghanaian musician living in Los Angeles, and his instrument is the gyil. This pentatonic xylophone of...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: December/2015
