Reviews
Radio Masoda
On this, his latest of 20 albums, the Paris-based guitarist and composer adds to his native Cameroonian music generous pinches...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: July/2024
Trail of Flowers
Sierra Ferrell kicks off her latest album with ‘American Dreaming’, ‘one of several songs co-written with… frequent collaborator Melody Walker...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2024
Sensible or Otherwise
Widely regarded as one of the UK’s finest flatpicking guitarists, Charlotte Carrivick offers up a dozen tasty instrumental tracks on...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: February/March/2025
Norwegian Electronic Folk Music
Kenneth Lien & Center of the Universe
Norway has a thriving and intriguing experimental folk scene, and multi-instrumentalist Kenneth Lien is one of its key exponents. I...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: December/2025
Czech Republic: Music from Walachia, Horňácko and Kopanice
Compared to neighbouring Hungary, whose traditional music has an international profile, the folk music of the Czech Republic is little...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2012
Mike Marshall & The Turtle Island Quartet
Mike Marshall & The Turtle Island Quartet
With this latest entry in his Adventure Music catalogue, mandolin maestro Mike Marshall and the renowned Turtle Island Quartet have...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2014
The Iqrit Files
The Palestinian refugee camps of the Middle East are a hotbed of musical creativity, although there are few outlets for...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2015
Burning Inspiration
British roots reggae has become a dedicated fixation for Bristol-based Sugar Shack Records. Along with their two sister labels, they...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: December/2017
Routes
Often when a band boasts of playing a mix of dub, punk, jazz, ska and Balkan music it means they...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: March/2014
