Reviews
Made of Music
Over three albums and a decade of vigorous touring, the immaculate, mellifluous troubadour fusions of the Senegalese kora player Maher...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2018
Utopia and Wasteland
No prizes for guessing to where the ‘utopia and wasteland’ of the title refers. It comes as no surprise that...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2018
365, Vol 1
Recent years have seen several traditional musicians giving themselves new year's resolutions to record a folk song a day, or...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: June/2018
Café du Brésil
The award-winning label Frémeaux is synonymous with informative historical boxed sets. Paris Gadjo Club's album is a contemporary release but...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2018
Con Todo el Mundo
Take the surf versions of Middle Eastern folk tunes ‘Misirlou’ and ‘Hava Nagila’. Blend them with dub, 1960s Iranian pop...
Reviewed by Wif Stenger in issue: June/2018
Through the Seasons: A Year in Morris and Folk Dance
Will Pound's incendiary harmonica playing has overshadowed his mastery of the melodeon – an injustice Through the Seasons puts to...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2018
Ondas
French producer Teacher Jekyll's third album is a multi-generational, multicultural affair with an emphasis on traditions from Cape Verde, Brazil,...
Reviewed by Jordan Barnes in issue: June/2018
The Turbans
This is an album that surprises, impresses and leaves you feeling slightly giddy – like a kosh over the head,...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2018
Forest Bathing
The partnership of violinist Heather Trost and accordion and percussionist Jeremy Barnes has moved from indie-leaning beginnings through to fully...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: June/2018
