Reviews
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Miklós Both Folkside | Róbert Lakatos és a Rév
These two discs represent new approaches to Hungarian folk by leading figures on the Budapest scene. Slovak-born and classically trained,...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2014
Shona Ritual Music
The mbira or lamellophone has one of the world's most hypnotic and transcendental sounds. Often called the thumb piano, a...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Forêt Sacrée
Joel Nya is a singer-songwriter who clearly takes his influences not just from the popular bikutsi style but also from...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2019
An Introduction to Eliza Carthy
Eliza Carthy's current combo is The Wayward Band. It's a good name: she has, throughout her career, championed English folk...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Ragged Kingdom
It's 21 years since June Tabor and Oysterband released Freedom & Rain. Ragged Kingdom is a triumphant return that mixes...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2011
Too Slow to Disco Brasil
‘Um, dois, um-dois-três…’ and then a horn section blasts us straight to the land of Earth Wind & Fire. This...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2018
Jag Changa
When the folk-rocker from Mysore, Raghu Dixit, launched himself on an unsuspecting world in 2008, he didn’t take no for...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Find the Lady
Pauls Sartin and Hutchinson have worked as a duo for 15 years, burrowing into the sheet music and songbooks of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Otodi
The cover of this album goes a great way to describing the audio treasure that lies inside. A mask representing...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Songs of Loss and Healing
This is the third solo album by accomplished London-based classical guitarist Douglas MacGregor. A deeply personal project, it explores the...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
