Reviews
Wick to Wickham
Best known as a member of the fiddle-led supergroup Session A9, Scottish fiddler and composer Gordon Gunn has not recorded...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: December/2015
AH!
Trad.Attack! is the latest group to combine traditional folk music styles with a contemporary approach. Formed by a trio of...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: December/2015
The Rough Guide to the Best Arabic Music You’ve Never Heard
Compared to many other regions, the amount of Middle Eastern music released in the West is very small. And most...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: December/2015
New York Boogaloo
Boogaloo is the infectious Latin-soul dance craze of the late 60s and early 70s that brought the world ‘I Like...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2015
Aka Balkan Moon/AlefBa
Veteran Belgian fusionists Aka Moon started off experimenting with Central African polyrhythms and polyphonies. On this live double album, they...
Reviewed by Martin Stokes in issue: December/2015
Balas y Chocolate
Passion in spite of poverty, magic in the face of misery – these are survival strategies in Latin America. Lila...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2015
Ye Katama Hod: The Belly of the City
Born in Somalia to Ethiopian and Italian parents, and now based in Italy, vocalist Saba Anglana found the inspiration for...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2015
From Here
Every couple of years or so, a really good punk band comes along to remind everyone what's really important: saying...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: November/2015
Ani Ukali, Sangai Orali
Here's something a little different, from the new-school folk band Night. They attempt to take the folk traditions – principally...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: November/2015
