Reviews

Peace in Africa

Cheikh Ibra Fam

Cheikh Ibra Fam might not be a familiar name for many outside of Senegal, but this multi-instrumentalist and singer has...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: October/2021

Largo da Memória

Ricardo Ribeiro

With Largo da Memória (Coast of Memory), Ribeiro confirms himself as one of the most distinctive artists in the new...

Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: October/2014

Green & Blue

The Hydes

This Denver, Colorado-based sibling duo of Joanna Hyde (fiddle, vocals) and her brother Iain (guitar, mandolin, vocals) craft an elegant...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: May/2017

Kofū II

Meitei

This is a fascinating album by Meitei that perhaps can be described as simply a sound collage of Japan, both...

Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: January/February/2022

Nomadism

Vołosi

Vołosi are a five-piece string band from the south of Poland, whose profile has been rising ever since winning Polish...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2015

Raï is not Dead

Fanfaraï Big Band

Fanfaraï Big Band have been known as just Fanfaraï since their inception in 2005, but have now renamed owing to...

Reviewed by Marwan Shamiyeh in issue: July/2018

Goblet of Eternal Light

Ali Akbar Moradi & Bahar Movahed

Ali Akbar Moradi is a master of the Kurdish tanbur (long-necked lute) and one of the great traditional musicians of...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2012

78rpm

Sheesham & Lotus & ‘Son

Like the Carolina Chocolate Drops, the Canadian trio of Sheesham Crow on fiddle and harmonica, Lotus Wight, on banjo and...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2016

Chouf!

Sidi Bémol

Now this looks promising. An Algerian rock album recorded at the Real World studios in Wiltshire with the great Justin...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: April/2021

Varka

Dafné Kritharas | DafnÉ Kritharas

It needs to be said at the outset that Dafné Kritharas has a fantastic voice, it has a clear, pure...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: April/2022