Reviews
Below Ground
The members of Effra have both high-quality musicianship and integrity. They carry both lightly – banter at their gigs is...
Reviewed by Richard Gray in issue: April/2018
And Then We Saw Land
Tunng's fourth album took them over a year to write and follows the departure of founder member and songwriter Sam...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2010
Ten Thousand Miles
Despite several line-up changes across more than two decades together, Danú, guided by button accordionist co-founder Benny McCarthy, has managed...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2018
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Yewoulen (Wake Up)
Bringing together members of the Senegalese-born singer Biram Seck's Jant Band and French guitarist Thibaut Remy's London-based African-European collective Awale,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2020
The Sahara Sessions
As the list of African acts, from Rokia Traoré to Bombino, seeking an indie rock‘n’roll makeover grows ever longer, Etran...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2013
Otros Aires 4
Is there any mileage left in tango electronica? Let me think for a picosecond. No. While Buenos Aires septet Otros...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Desde el Infierno
Héctor Guerra sprung to prominence as a member of Pachamama Crew, a hip-hop group from Madrid who railed against the...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: June/2018
Frenzy of the Meeting
The sixth album from popular Scottish quintet Breabach follows two years of international touring during which they won Best Folk...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Rose in June
Boden's presence on the 21st-century British folk scene has been colossal – from his stint in Eliza Carthy's Ratcatchers band...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2020
Les Nomades du Niger: Fulanis, Bororos & Touaregs
Here's a quaint item. In the mid-70s the ethnomusicologist François Jouffa compiled some recordings made in Niger by a certain...
Reviewed by Andy Morgan in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
