Reviews
A la Manera Artesana
Spanish folk has a quality perfect for our times: the ability to wail, complain and lament and, at the same...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2022
Frank Y Sus Inquietos
In the clubs of Caracas in the late 1960s, salsa was going off. Or more specifically, a sound that mixed...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2022
Zār Songs for the Spirits
Zār is a rite that arrived in Egypt with migration – partly due to slavery – from sub-Saharan East Africa....
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: March/2022
Sound Therapy
French multi-instrumentalist, singer and producer Julien Souletie has been working under the name Manjul from his own Humble Ark Studio...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2022
The Castalia
Edinburgh based fiddler Ratcliff’s beguiling debut is an evocative blend of traditional music cultures of Cape Breton, New Brunswick and...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: March/2022
Solo
Ekborg’s role in the Swedish folk scene is as soloist as well as being part of the popular ensemble Northern...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: March/2022
Vinyl Box Set #5
Fela Kuti’s vast and sprawling catalogue has been repackaged and repurposed, anthologised and annotated countless times since his death in...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2022
Canciones de Isaac
Breezes, birdsong, crickets, leaf-litter, the hum of Caracas by night, and the more serene sounds of daytime walks through Pyrenean...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2022
Odyssey
Fourth Moon was formed out of a session at Ireland’s Willie Clancy Festival in 2014 by four musicians from right...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2022
