Reviews
Disco at the Tavern
Celebrating 15 years of East Anglian hell-raising, this is a barnstorming set of tracks that deliver the trademark mix of...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2015
Europa
This is a re-release of the Bavarian brass-band-cum-techno outfit's second album, although it's not entirely clear why an album that...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2015
Into the Well
It is surely a testament to the staying power of The Poozies that, although the all-female British folk group formed...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: July/2015
The Sounds of India; Improvisations; Three Ragas
This double album features three older releases by Ravi Shankar, the legendary sitar maestro who died in 2012. He took...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: July/2015
Womama
Hailing from Guinea, living in Paris and with spiritual roots in Mali and Gambia, Djeli Moussa Condé's experience is one...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2015
Murmurs
Martin Simpson, Andy Cutting & Nancy Kerr
Nancy Kerr just won Folk Singer of the Year at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Martin Simpson is no...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2015
The Spyglass & The Herringbone
In the traditional song ‘John Blunt,’ a couple retire to bed then remember they’ve forgotten to lock their door. They...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2015
Ora Doci Ora Margos
Who is Elida Almeida? Across 2015, many other music lovers will ask the same question. That is because this, the...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2015
Songs of Thessaloniki
Savina Yannatou & Primavera en Salonico
Since the 1990s, Greek soprano Savina Yannatou has established herself as an experimental interpreter of pan-Mediterranean folk songs. Primavera en...
Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: July/2015
Kodhi: Trevor Warren's Adventures with Ayub Ogada
In the late 80s Ayub Ogada was one of the great ‘discoveries’ of WOMAD. His 1993 album En Mana Kuoyo...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2015
