Reviews
Pafata
Describing themselves as a ‘Latin rock fusion’ group, ¿Who's the Cuban? are a septet from France's Grand Est region. Since...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2023
Ghadr
Sandy Chamoun / Anthony Sahyoun / Jad Atoui
The trio of singer Sandy Chamoun and electronic music creators Anthony Sahyoun and Jad Atoui have produced an album that...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: February/March/2025
No New Summers
Deceptively, No New Summers opens with ‘No Spring Chicken’ – five minutes of solo American primitive John Fahey-style guitar. The...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: July/2025
One With the Wind
Branko Galoić and Francisco Cordovil
A couple of years ago, Branko Galoić and Francisco Cordovil happened to be in the same Parisian bar with live...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: April/2019
Mount Royal
Julian Lage and Chris Eldridge
What to call the music played by the two guitar virtuosos Julian Lage and Chris Eldridge? Chamber-folk? Jazz? Alt-Americana? What...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2017
And Even the Sheep Shall Dance / A Little Bit Slanted (with Molly Donnery) / Tales of Colonsay (with Jessie Summerhayes)
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: The Ciderhouse Rebellion must be the most prolific outfit in folk...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2024
Dlúth & Inneach (Warp & Weft)
I first saw The Weaving play a captivating set at the Hammersmith Irish Centre in May 2024; the Anglo-Irish trio’s...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2026
Three Voices
Jitka Šuranska, Irén Lovász & Michal Elia Kamal
This album was recorded live at the wonderful-sounding Folk Holidays Festival in the Czech Republic, a place for sharing music...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
La Migra
Opening track ‘Aguanileo’ is a marvellous thing: seven minutes of swirling guitars and horns, electronic trills and crashing sound effects...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2017
Syrian Dreams
‘This album is my personal journey through the six years of war in Syria,' Youssef writes of her debut album....
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
