Reviews
Kel Tamasheq
World music’s love affair with Touareg guitars continues with the fourth album from Terakaft, formed as an off-shoot of Tinariwen...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2012
Keepsakes
With cover art picturing keepsakes sent in by fans – an old travelcard, an old tooth, an old mixtape –...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Helleristning
Alapnes was five when she stood in her grandfather’s kitchen in North Norway learning how to hold the fiddle that...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: January/February/2023
Desert Songs: Memories of Rumi
Born to a Turkish-Algerian father and an Austrian-Polish mother, adopted at birth by a Jewish family in North London and...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Tres Luceros
Kevin Seddiki & Sandra Rumolino
Tango is the elephant in the room of this debut duo record – always present in spirit but rarely fully...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: October/2016
Vintage Americana
Ian McCamy is one of the leading fiddlers in old¬time American music circles. His illustrious playing has sparkled throughout albums...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Nar
Singer Christiane Karam draws on both her Lebanese and Armenian heritage to deliver a richly textured and multilayered album that...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: May/2022
A Golden Thread
Pete Morton is unashamedly old school – in the best possible way. He's a fine singer, with a relaxed but...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
