Reviews
If Wishes Were Horses
You get the feeling that if Kris Drever were to sing ‘My Way’, the ‘regrets, I’ve had a few’ line...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2016
Again and Again
Often cited as early explorers in what we now call world music, Swedish ensemble Spjärnsvallet first formed in the early...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2015
Reinas del Matute
Las Migas are a rare find: a group of four Barcelona-based women from Catalonia, Andalusia, France and Germany, creating stunningly...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Mastika
Urban southern Serbia, under Turkish rule until 1878, has retained many so-called ‘Oriental’ characteristics in its folkways, food and, of...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: December/2019
Inversions
While O'Hooley & Tidow's sprightly ‘Gentleman Jack’ has become the theme tune for Sally Wainwright's acclaimed new drama series of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Rastilho
One aspect of 60s and 70s Brazilian music that is often over-looked is the fact that it made acoustic instruments...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: January/2021
Hold Fast
‘This record is about working hard in the face of adversity, focusing on the positive, questioning the canon and making...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2020
When I Wait For You
For the success of her widely acclaimed 2019 Smithsonian Folkways release, Songs of Our Native Daughters (reviewed in #147), Rhiannon...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2020
Voices of Ashkenaz
This is a fascinating recording that evolved out of the Yiddish Summer Weimar festival, which unites serious Jewish music research...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2017
Womama
Hailing from Guinea, living in Paris and with spiritual roots in Mali and Gambia, Djeli Moussa Condé's experience is one...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2015
