Reviews
Kroke 25: The Best Of
The Polish trio Kroke celebrated their 25th anniversary in 2017. Kroke is the Yiddish name for Kraków, which was a...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2018
20,000 Miles
Doug Cox is a Canadian spiritual cousin to Ry Cooder: a bottleneck guitarist steeped in the blues, he finds common...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Trollfageln: The Magic Bird
The nyckelharpa, or keyed fiddle, the instrument which Swedish virtuoso Emilia Amper plays with such ease and command, is fundamentally...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: June/2013
Kvitre
Majorstuen are Norway's equivalent of Bellowhead. They bring a big-band attitude to folk music while always retaining the finer detail...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Beauty and Butchery
The long hill in question happens to be found in the Sussex countryside, where these musicians live. Yet the band...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Apr/May/2014
Blind Note
Muziek Publique is a young label with just three CDs in their catalogue. Their latest, Blind Note, deserves to bring...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2011
Democrazy
It's a sign of our amazing cross-cultural times that a group hailing from the Massif Central, the wild granite heart...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Simplify
At a time when technology is turning human beings into human ‘doings’ in a relentless struggle for power and money,...
Reviewed by Leander Hobbs in issue: November/2017
The Complete Works of Fela Anikulapo Kuti
It’s never been easy to make a sensible suggestion when asked to nominate the best starting point to the music...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2011
