Reviews
Kel Tinariwen
You know Tinariwen. Hypnotic Touareg assouf music from bluesy electric guitars, slithering out of Saharan sand-encrusted amps and accompanied by...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: January/February/2023
Time Was Away
Portman and Harbron are, in their different ways, leading lights of contemporary English folk – Portman as a singer, songwriter...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/February/2023
Balka Sound
A rare vinyl copy of Balka Sound’s 1984 album Afro Musik Creation is currently on offer at $275 on the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/February/2023
Sand, Silt, Flint
Avant-garde folk doesn’t get much better than this. Fiona Soe Paing’s second solo album provides a brooding soundtrack to the...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: January/February/2023
Illustrated Short Stories
Twin sisters Charlotte and Laura Carrivick grew up playing music together and have been performing professionally since 2006. While mostly...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: January/February/2023
Mae ’na Olau
Siân James, Gwyneth Glyn, Meinir Gwilym and Gwenan Gibbard first sang together five years ago, and after recording five songs...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/February/2023
…And Take the Black Worm with Me
A founding member of Irish experimental folk outfit Lankum, as well as lecturer and researcher on the history of Irish...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: January/February/2023
