Reviews
Love's Lies
The Magnolia Sisters consist of four women – Ann Savoy, Jane Vidrine, Anya Burgess and Lisa Trahan – who come...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2014
Dubcatcher 2: Wicked My Yout
The Russian-born, New York-based DJ Vadim returns with another fast-paced reggae volume under the pseudonym Dubcatcher, this time pulling in...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: June/2016
Super Parquet
We first profiled Super Parquet two years ago (in #134); now they're finally here with a debut to follow 2015's...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2020
The Treasure of our Ancestors
This album is a decent enough attempt to document the folk music of Madagascar's Betsileo region, made in the village...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: November/2016
Matilda
The jouhikko (ancient Finnish bowed lyre) has a unique place in the mysterious histories of Finland and Karelia, and its...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: March/2018
The Rough Guide to Latin Psychedelia
Just as the rhetoric and posturing of the late 60s and early 70s counter-culture resonated across the planet, so too...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: June/2013
Bërbili
Situated at the nexus of the Romantic and Slavic worlds, yet with their roots in Albania, the songs of the...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: July/2020
Tradition II
Ranagri are an Anglo-Irish four-piece combining vocals, guitars, bouzouki, flute, whistle, harp, bodhrán and drums, its name drawn from the...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2022
