Reviews
The Seventh Wave
If you were lucky enough to witness Skipinnish at Celtic Connections in 2016, at a Glasgow Royal Concert Hall packed...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: August/2017
Roots
North Carolina fiddler Andrew Finn Magill makes a convincing bid for wider recognition with Roots, the first in a projected...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
The Complete Island Recordings
Ask musicians from all corners of the globe to name a hero or inspirational figure, and it's a fair bet...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2015
Odyssey
Fourth Moon was formed out of a session at Ireland’s Willie Clancy Festival in 2014 by four musicians from right...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2022
Finca Santa Elena
Arturo Jorge y El Cuarteto Tradición
Though Arturo Jorge was born in 1963, Finca Santa Elena is his debut album. Born in San Rafael, in eastern...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Modern Ghanaians
The name of King Ayisoba will fail to register the slightest flash of recognition on the faces of all but...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: July/2013
Vivencias en Clave Cubana
Kiki Valera is a fantastic cuatro (double-coursed, steel-strung guitar, much like a tres but with one extra string) player. Valera,...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: March/2020
Estática
The original bossa nova playboy is back and firing on all cylinders for his fourth and probably best album to...
Reviewed by Russ Jones in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Songs from the Pearl of Khorasan
The story of Afghan rubab master Nasim Khushnawaz is as fascinating as it is fraught with unimaginable adversity. Born in...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: November/2022
Minoré Manés
This is a lovely disc, reaching back to the origins of rebetika, which, in part, derives from the music performed...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: November/2015
