Reviews
El Vol Dispers
Roots or world music artists who sing in English often met with a certain snobbery in the past, but multi-instrumentalist...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Wings
Knowing nothing about this seven-piece, save that it hailed from Hungary and appeared to have a religious bent, on first...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: December/2019
Agbara Orin
No Go Stop are a 12-piece Afrobeat ensemble that emerged from a jazz musicians’ collective in Bristol. They perform original...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Apr/May/2015
Nation II Nation
Hailing from Ottawa, the Canadian trio A Tribe Called Red have returned with a follow-up to their self-titled 2012 debut....
Reviewed by Edward Craggs in issue: July/2013
Vayter
Anne Kalmering & Stahlhammer Klezmer Classic
In Vayter, vocalist Anne Kalmering joins Stahlhammer Klezmer Classic, comprised of accordionist Miriam Oldenburg, cellist Isabel Blommé and violinist Semmy...
Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: March/2020
Topic Records: The Real Sound of Folk Music
Topic's double album is a broad introduction to the label's catalogue, and it draws its nets fairly wide. Some selections...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2017
The Rounder Records Story
The moral of the Rounder Records ‘story’ is that a record label devoted mostly to contemporary takes on traditional music...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: March/2011
Aussegrasn
A slow start doesn’t necessarily indicate a dull ride. But in the case of Fei Scho's latest offering, this theory...
Reviewed by Mike Fleck in issue: October/2016
Great British Gharana
The idea of a ‘great British gharana’ – a tradition or school of music – was thought up in 2011...
Reviewed by Amar Dhillon in issue: June/2017
Urban Spirit
Diogal Sakho is a long-time resident of Paris but was born amongst the Lebou people of N'gor, a staunchly independent...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
