Reviews
Fongo
Peruvian cumbia (or chicha) is the hedonistic cousin of its Colombian counterpart, adding electric guitar and organ to make a...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: June/2013
Love Hurts
Finnish folk quartet ENKEL return with their third studio album, a mix of traditional and contemporary numbers. All four women...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: December/2022
Bold As Light
I’m not sure whether meeting Stephan Micus would be a revelatory or mind-numbing experi¬ence. For sure, he must have one...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2011
Toubalbero
After a trio of exquisitely textured all-acoustic albums for the Chicago-based indie label Thrill Jockey, the 59-year-old Malian singer and...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2018
Election Special
Cooder has mined a rich vein of vernacular Americana in recent years, culminating with last year’s wonderful Pull Up Some...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2012
Serenin: From the Black Sea to the Ligurian Sea
Despite appearances this is not a generic fusion but a bridge between specific traditions soundly based on historical and environmental...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: April/2021
Rolling Back
Hungarian Gypsy band Parno Graszt hail from the village of Paszab in the north-east of the country. Led by tambura...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2019
Fire
Fiery for sure, this bold, all-female, Anglo-Irish bluegrass quintet have made quite a start to their career. They formed in...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: April/2018
The Butcher's Share
Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird
If The Klezmatics were the pre-eminent klezmer band of the 1990s, I suspect Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird might...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2018
