Reviews
El Carretero
It's not often that an album comes along with an opening track so compelling it begs several listens before you...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: December/2019
Da Hora
The ten seconds of ghostly harmonium that comprises this album's prelude comes courtesy of iconic French actor Denis Lavant (as...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: October/2019
The Escape
The Urban Folk Quartet have been a mainstay on the UK folk scene for a good while now, and there's...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Mariage
The Wau Wau Collectif was formed by Karl-Jonas Winqvist from Sweden with an eclectic group of 20 Senegalese contributors after...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2022
A Long Way to the Beginning
From the moment that the pounding album opener ‘IMF’ kicks in, it is clear that Seun Kuti has not only...
Reviewed by Edward Lander in issue: June/2014
Haflat Gharbia: The Western Concerts
Once in a while, an artist from the outside punches a dirty great hole through the usually impenetrable wall of...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
L’Oiseau Magnifique
The charm of Alice's second album, L’Oiseau Magnifique (The Magnificent Bird), lies in its simplicity. The songs are performed by...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: May/2023
What Heat
I did a double-take upon hearing that the world-fusion group Bokanté was planning a project with the Metropole Orkest. Already...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: December/2018
East Pakistan Sky
Following releases on Glitterbeat Records in 2019 and 2020, here is another outstanding recording from the Pakistani master surti singer...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: January/February/2022
The Irish Sea Sessions 2012
Like a younger, slightly stroppier cousin to Celtic Connections’ Transatlantic Sessions, the Liverpool Irish Festival’s Irish Sea Sessions bring together...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2014
