Reviews
August
Since the release of their first album, Modus Operandi, in 2013, Trio Dhoore, made up of brothers Koen (hurdy-gurdy), Hartwin...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: December/2019
Monroe Bus
Inspired by a dream in which Bill Monroe, generally acknowledged as the father of bluegrass, lamented a lack of appreciation...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2019
The Music of Ancient Rome
A glance at the cover and a read through the story behind this release, with its tales of research into...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: December/2021
World Affairs
Mpho Majiga is a South African gospel singer with a disco vibe. This is his fifth album and World Affairs,...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2018
Folk Singer Vol 1
So-called ‘folk revivals’ come and go as regularly as the seasons, for this is music that never dies or fades....
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2014
Prize Fighter
Odia are an international trio who recorded this, their debut album, without actually meeting in person. Founder member Stuart Spence...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: August/September/2022
Strange People
The third release from Portuguese klezmer quintet Melech Mechaya achieves what all klezmer bands set out to do – to...
Reviewed by Mike Fleck in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Mãe da Lua
This loose collective of multicultural musicians is fronted by Brazilian poet, singer and musician India Mãe da Lua. Her resonant...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: March/2018
La Yave de mi Kaza
The album's title means ‘The Key to my Home’ in the Ladino language of the Jews that were expelled from...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2015
