Reviews
A Collection of Songs in the Traditional & Sean-Nós Style
Drawn from several generations of unaccompanied traditional singers, these are freshly recorded and collected, aside from Rosie Stewart’s ‘Jug of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2023
To Those Who Came Before Us
In recent years, this prolific Egyptian/Australian oud player and composer has received well-deserved acclaim for his instrumental virtuosity, as well...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: November/2023
Drum Money
Leke Awoyinka, otherwise known as Ekiti Sound, is a singer-songwriter and producer who has moved between Lagos and the UK,...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: November/2023
Dengue Fever
Dengue Fever’s sixth full-length album is their first for eight years and marks the 20th anniversary of the Cambodian-US band’s...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: November/2023
Addis
Born in Addis Ababa in 1970 and growing up in Sweden, Lemma has been making music since his teens but...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/February/2024
Jopango
If Rapasa Nyatrapasa Otieno’s KWEChE was something of a disappointment in 2021, Jopango proves much more coherent and satisfying. To...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: January/February/2024
The Soul of the Congo – Treasures of the Ngoma Label (1948-1963)
In the last ten years, Belgian record label Planet Ilunga has been on a mission to share a remarkable treasure...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: January/February/2024
Live on Tour
George Kahumoku Jr, Tia Carrere & Daniel Ho
A master and impresario of kī hō’alu (Hawaiian slack key guitar), George Kahumoku Jr opens this concert recording with a...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: January/February/2024
Glad Christmas Comes
‘Glad Christmas comes’ is the opening line from ‘December’ in John Clare’s poem The Shepherd’s Calendar. Carthy and Boden sing...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: January/February/2024
