Reviews
The Escape
The Urban Folk Quartet have been a mainstay on the UK folk scene for a good while now, and there's...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
The People
The People is the first album from MA Rouf, the latest band of Iranian-Finnish composer and musician Marouf Majidi. Majidi...
Reviewed by Douglas Macgregor in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
The Kite
The Paris-based Chinese erhu (two-string fiddle) virtuoso Guo Gan has undergone a prolific period lately, releasing albums of his own...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: December/2015
The Ark
Last year Anthony Joseph released Rowing Up River to Get Our Names Back, a record exploring a day in the...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: May/2026
Eadarainn a’ Chruit: Between Us the Harp
Marshalsay’s second album focuses on the three different harps of Scotland (the lever harp, the wire-strung clarsach from the Gaelic...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: January/2026
Life in a Paper Boat
This is Kate Rusby's 14th studio album in nearly 25 years as an artist – quite an achievement. Life in...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: December/2016
The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Brazil
Taking a liberal approach to what defines psychedelic music, this latest offering from Rough Guides takes slightly ‘out there’ tracks...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2013
Rough Guide to Salsa Dance
Just how much juice is there left to squeeze from the salsa market? Tons, if the recent assembly line of...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2010
The Last Chance: Eight Songs on Israel/Palestine
Leon Rosselson, Reem Kelani & Janet Russell
I seem to have been emotionallyinvolved with the Israel/Palestine conflict for most of my life’, explains satirist and political singer-songwriter...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
They Found Asylum in the Sea
The seven-piece UK Afrobeat collective Sea Slugs have self-released three albums in four years since they formed in 2013. The...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/2017
