Reviews

Klingra

Afenginn

In Old Norse afenginn means ‘intoxication and strength’ and it's the name adopted by the musical collective around Danish composer...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: May/2020

AmarElo

Emicida

The release of AmarElo was preceded by a run of singles, each very different to the last, which left me...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: May/2020

Tinn Tout

Danyèl Waro

Danyèl Waro has spent the past 45 years becoming the international ambassador of maloya, the revolutionary roots music of the...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2020

A Year of Swimming

Derek Gripper

From the off, the latest release from the incredible instrumentalist drops you into his utterly unique African guitar cosmos. For...

Reviewed by Douglas Macgregor in issue: May/2020

Ethiobraz

Large Unit Fendika

The traditional Ethiopian musicians of Addis Ababa's Fendika Azmari Bet have joined forces with Paal Nilssen-Love's pan-Scandinavian group Large Unit...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2020

Pill Pilots

Kit Hawes & Aaron Catlow

Bristol-based guitarist Hawes and fiddler Catlow have worked over the years with the likes of Seth Lakeman, Afro Celt Sound...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: May/2020

Light Ida Lum

Haltadans

In the grand tradition of the currently inactive Fiddler's Bid, whose Maurice Henderson features in this group's three-fiddle frontline, Haltadans...

Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: May/2020

Unearth Repeat

Sam Sweeney

Following on from his Island Records’ debut, The Unfinished Violin, England's premier fiddler releases a small band album with a...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2020

Orígenes

Sotomayor

Since emerging from Mexico Cith's indie music scene a few years ago, the brother-sister duo Sotomayor have formulated their own...

Reviewed by Patrick Mcmahon in issue: May/2020

Tamotaït

Tamikrest

If the mighty Tinariwen are the gate-opening Beatles of Touareg guitar music and Songhoy Blues are the genre's answer to...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2020