Reviews
Deaf and Dumb Blues
Located in the Indian Ocean between Tanzania and Madagascar, the tiny Comoro islands represent one of the lesser-known outposts of...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2023
Issiktane
Sidi Abdallah’s name may be new but devotees of Touareg guitar music will be more than familiar with his father,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2022
Build Me Up From Bones
The prolific, popular and talented Texas banjo player and singer Sarah Jarosz tries out a new sound on this, her...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: March/2014
Amor y Muerte
This CD comes with a bright cover illustration and is full of roaring horns and fiery percussion. But this Brighton-based...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: November/2015
Based on True Events
After forming on a boat (the MV Halton) during the 2007 Orkney Folk Festival this quartet – consisting of Adam...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2012
El Callegüeso y su Mala Maña
Cali is known as the home of salsa in Colombia, a reputation based on the way they dance it, rather...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: April/2017
Tangos Pendientes
The fourth track on this album is ‘Jacinto Chiclana’, a poem by Jorge Luis Borges. Its music is folksy and...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2012
A Garland for Joey: The War Horse Songbook
In the 1980s John Tams brought folk music to Britain's National Theatre in famous productions of The Mysteries and Lark...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2018
Himlen Har Sove Bort Mørkret
Sigrid Moldestad is highly respected for her fiddle and Hardanger playing, not to mention her singing. For years she’s been...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: October/2013
Picasso
Legendary French band The Gipsy Kings consist of two sets of brothers – the Baliardos and the Reyes. The Baliardos...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: June/2012
