If you thought Argentinian music was all just about tango, then how very wrong you were. Cumbia, Latin America's dance...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
As one of the strongest live acts on the trad scene for the last couple of decades, and following the...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Span are still a touring and recording band, like their 70s folk-rock compatriots Fairport, and a good portion of their...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: August/September/2022
She’s a proud guardian of the Norwegian tradition, but unswerving creativity, dedication and innovation areundoubtedly qualities that earned Sigrid Moldestad...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Baladi music lies at the root of Arab pop music. It's a popular Egyptian style that developed during the 1920s,...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Mercedes Peon's exploratory lyricism, manic multi-instrumentalism, dynamic live shows, and even her punky cropped hair, have lent Galician folk an...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
This album invites the question: do we need to recycle the already recycled? The tip-top material here of ever-popular cumbia...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Apr/May/2012
The debut film from director Johanna Schwartz, They Will Have to Kill Us First, was released in 2015 and compellingly...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2016
Slovenian singer-songwriter Katja Šulc’s career began in 2008 with a homage to Mila Kačič, a poet celebrated in her homeland,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2021
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