Reviews
Koren
Born out of encounters between field songs, grand opera and Latin music in a New Orleans port (among other things),...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: September/2025
Diary of a Fiddler #2: The Empty Nest
Darol Anger may not have invented the bluegrass fiddle ‘chop’ (he learned it from originator Richard Green, who created it...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: September/2025
Stop Over
Zimbabwean mbira player and singer Nasibo Mutize met French guitarist-pianist Raphaël Joly (aka Zigwiton) in the latter's adopted home of...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: September/2025
Two Strings
Jake Shulman-Ment & Abigale Reisman
It's uncommon to have two violins in a klezmer band; more frequently, one violin vies with clarinet and other solo...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: September/2025
Masters of Our Roots
A masterclass of 20th century Cuban-American showbiz, this has all the vintage allure of a night at Havana's Tropicana, or...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: September/2025
When Will They Ever Learn? – A Story Of US Folk Music 1963–1969
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
Cinema has in recent years given the Greenwich Village folk scene of the 1960s a legendary – perhaps even mythical...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: September/2025
Ŋurru Wäŋa
Originally developed during an Australian Art Orchestra residency in remote Tasmania, the Hand To Earth ensemble creatively established itself in...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: September/2025
Toña
Kadialy Kouyate is a superb kora player from Kolda in south Senegal. Now based in the UK, he's involved in...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: September/2025
Kunung Tilo
Singer and kora player Jali Fily Cissokho comes from a long line of West African Mandinka griots – Seckou Keita...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: September/2025
It Was All Heart
Belgian composer and multi-instrumentalist Ward Dhoore has been touring globally for over a decade in numerous projects, including string trio...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: September/2025
