Reviews
The HillBenders
A few years ago, I was privy to the world premiere of The HillBenders' ‘bluegrass opry’ take on The Who's...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2019
Tules Maas Vedes Taivaal
This is the debut recording of one of Finland's most dynamic new groups. The four young women who comprise Tuuletar...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2017
Afterglow
After Bellowhead disbanded in 2016, Jon Boden set about regrouping his band The Remnant Kings to record Afterglow, with fellow...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2017
Best of Lura
Proof that the Cape Verde renaissance has come of age, this anthology confirms Lura as her own generation’s elder stateswoman,...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: March/2011
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Holdvilágos (In the Moonlight)
Napra is a Hungarian folk band that deserves to be heard. They bring a rock attitude to traditional music with...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
All Because of Love
Seyed Ali Jaberi & Sina Sarlak
Recorded live in concert at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, this album is a celebration of the...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: November/2018
Sufi Spirit
You may be forgiven for approaching this with trepidation: a Danish rock‘n’roll band playing along with qawwali (the sacred music...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: August/2017
Touristes
Vieux Farka Touré & Julia Easterlin
The Malian guitarist Vieux Farka Touré and the 25-year-old American singer Julia Easterlin met in New York in 2014 when...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2015
Sweden Norway: Norrspel
Ocora's long history of field recordings has played an important role in the documentation of musical traditions from around the...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: November/2015
