Reviews
Yellow Roses
Nominated in the Best Emerging Artist category of the RTÉ Folk Awards 2024, Niamh Bury is swiftly rising as one...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: June/2024
Radio Masoda
On this, his latest of 20 albums, the Paris-based guitarist and composer adds to his native Cameroonian music generous pinches...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: July/2024
Withershins
Withershins is the debut solo album from Glastonbury-based guitarist Jamie Dickson. A homage to British folk guitar legends such as...
Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: July/2024
Alessandro ‘Asso’ Stefana
Now here’s an intriguing album. Alessandro ‘Asso’ Stefana is an impressive experimental guitarist and multi-instrumentalist from Italy who has built...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2024
Dove Voglio Stare
A popular act in the Neapolitan live scene for the past 12 years, Tartaglia Aneuro gather around singer and frontman...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: July/2024
Murmures d’Himalaya
This is an excellent release by a trio consisting of Lobsang Chonzor, a Tibetan singer born in exile and dranyen...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: July/2024
Djudjon: L’Oiseau de Garana
Kouyate and his band Ngoni Ba have been ambassadors for Bamana jeli (griot) ngoni music since their debut in 2007....
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: August/2024
The Complete Friends of Old-Time Music Concert
Bessie Jones, John Davis & The Georgia Sea Island Singers with Mississippi Fred McDowell and Ed Youn
The immediate (and significant) feeling I got when I first started listening to this 1965 concert was one of privilege;...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: August/2024
Telyn Wrachïod
Rhodri Davies | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
We all need to escape from time to time, physically, mentally, spiritually. Listening to Rhodri Davies’ latest and eighth album...
Reviewed by Elliw Iwan in issue: August/2024
Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free
With Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free, Bonny Light Horseman deliver a capacious collection of acoustic Americana. The process...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: August/2024
