Reviews
To the Tavern
The expert players of the London Klezmer Quartet here weave their skills together to create another carefully crafted sonic offering,...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: December/2016
Loosening the Strings
When I saw Ethiopian singer and krar (lyre) player Haymanot Tesfa perform at SOAS last year, it was very disappointing....
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: December/2019
Sand, Silt, Flint
Avant-garde folk doesn’t get much better than this. Fiona Soe Paing’s second solo album provides a brooding soundtrack to the...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: January/February/2023
What Holds the World Together
Based in Sheffield, The Wilderness Yet – Rosie Hodgson on vocals, Rowan Piggott on fiddle and vocals, and flautist-guitarist Philippe...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: November/2022
Turmoil & Tinfoil
Something must be wrong with my ears. Every advance review of Turmoil & Tinfoil, the debut album by Nashville-based fourth-generation...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2017
Kindred Souls
Nothing should really surprise us in the global village of world music any more, but even so Adrian Freedman’s CV...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2021
El Ndjoum
Algerian singer Sofiane Saidi and Mazalda, a rai-crazy band of seven funky exponents of electronic and acoustic sounds, collaborate successfully...
Reviewed by Marwan Shamiyeh in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Distant Kin
Funded by the Scottish Arts council, this eight-track gem captures a collaboration between six Celtic and three Indian musicians from...
Reviewed by Barak Schmool in issue: May/2016
La Barra de Chocolate
If the last three decades have seen world music celebrate diversity and ethnicity, there was a period around the late...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Apr/May/2012
