Reviews
The Livelong Day
The outstanding ten minutes of ‘The Wild Rover’ dominates this third album from Ireland's most significant band. Drawing on the...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
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
One Night on Earth: Music From the Strings of Mali
Years in development, this fine recording is the result of white South African musician Derek Gripper having transposed seven kora...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2013
A Wheel
Violinist Jake Shulman-Ment is part of the new generation of American klezmer musicians; A Wheel is the product of his...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: October/2012
La Candela del Río
Every decade has its new diaspora, inevitably spawning a new music that speaks to roots and the severing of them....
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2019
Engurland (City Shanties)
Rowan Sawday, aka Dizraeli, is a Brighton based slam poet, rapper and folkish songwriter whose Engurland (City Shanties) mixes urban...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Ravi Shankar: Symphony
London Philharmonic Orchestra & Anoushka Shankar
Ravi Shankar’s Symphony received its world premiere in London’s Royal Festival Hall in July 2010. This is a live recording...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2012
Magnification
Magnifico (Robert Pešut to his mum) is a Slovenian singer, guitarist and parodist. Already very popular in Slovenia, Magnification is...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Umoyo Wa Muthempire (Live in the Temple)
Tonga Boys feat Doctor Kanuska Group
For those in the Malawian countryside, the Tonga Boys from Mzuzu are a band from the big city and the...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: January/February/2022
Párhuzamok és Kontrasztok
Amazingly Muzsikás' last record, The Bartók Album, came out in 1998 and was a Top of the World in #1....
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2020
