Reviews
Magic Spirit Quartet
As one of the leaders of the Gnawa revival and its incursions into fusion, Majid Bekkas has stressed the importance...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: May/2020
Soul of Bengal
The group presenting this charming collection of Bangladeshi music lives up to its name. It is indeed an all-star cast:...
Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Native Music 15: Traditional, Folk & World Music from Latvia
Throughout their history the peoples of the Baltic have, sometimes at great cost, maintained their national and cultural identities, in...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: April/2021
Last
Last begins with ‘Gan to the Kye’, a Northumbrian complaint about the local men taken by rebels, leaving only the...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Apr/May/2011
Leaving None but Small Birds
This is an exciting collaboration from two heavy rock bands exploring traditional music on an album that very much pushes...
Reviewed by Amy Hollinrake in issue: October/2021
Ankerdram
Here we have a good example of the old adage about not judging a book by its cover. The photo...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: December/2018
Between Two Worlds
Based in Melbourne, Australia, with members hailing from Colombia and Chile, Amaru Tribe play cumbia, but not as we know...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2022
Now More Than Ever
With Boston fiddler McNally leading the charge, the Katie McNally Trio have been steadily making waves since their 2016 debut...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: May/2021
Mar Afora
Over the last three decades, Portuguese jazz singer (and former black-belt aikido athlete) Maria João, and Brazilian singer-songwriter Guinga have...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: July/2016
Folk Music of China, Vol 1: Folk Songs of Qinghai and Gansu
This first volume of a wider collection of Chinese folk music focuses on songs from the Qinghai and Gansu provinces...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: December/2019
