Reviews
O Fado
This is Portuguese singer Lina_’s second album in a matter of months. And it is not a bad call. After...
Reviewed in issue January/2026
The Jackdaw Sessions
Rising from the ashes of the legendary Moishe’s Bagel, Triptic (Greg Lawson on fiddle, Mario Caribé on double bass and...
Reviewed in issue January/2026
Acide Balkanique
Looking for a guaranteed smash hit for your next world music dance party? Look no further than Acide Balkanique, the...
Reviewed in issue January/2026
Eadarainn a’ Chruit: Between Us the Harp
Marshalsay’s second album focuses on the three different harps of Scotland (the lever harp, the wire-strung clarsach from the Gaelic...
Reviewed in issue January/2026
Radio Sevdah
The Bosnian band, who won Best Group in the 2023 Songlines Music Awards, launch a radio station in the form...
Reviewed in issue January/2026
Far From Nowhere
Josienne Clarke | Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker
Clarke’s songs always have a focused, condensed intensity of purpose, a sensitivity and strength that come from a combination of...
Reviewed in issue January/2026
Scarrow
For Salt House’s fifth album, Scarrow (meaning ‘faint light’), Ewan MacPherson and Jenny Sturgeon are joined by Northumbrian Anna Hughes...
Reviewed in issue January/2026
Eu Vou Morrer de Amor ou Resistir
Daughter of a thoroughbred fado family, Carminho is also a completely modern artist, weaned on Queen and Caetano Veloso. Talented...
Reviewed in issue January/2026
The Strangers’ Share
The Strangers’ Share sits somewhere west of Cornwall, out there where English mingles with Americana. This Cambridge-based folk duo are...
Reviewed in issue January/2026
Conflict
Pounding drums, driving electric guitar and forthright vocals – this is rock-folk rather than folk-rock. As Prior states on the...
Reviewed in issue January/2026
