Reviews
Banish Air from Air
Award-winning guitarist Ben Walker has gathered an ensemble cast of collaborators for this, his second album. The dreamy opening title-track...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: April/2023
E Voce di u Comune: Corsica Chants Polyphoniques
Showcasing a rich vein of Corsican tradition, this reissue disc of a 1987 release is a generous sampler of the...
Reviewed by Helen Neve in issue: June/2010
Kwetu
This is the debut from an extremely versatile singer and guitarist from Kenya. Fadhilee Itulya's music is a modern fusion...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2020
Disco at the Tavern
Celebrating 15 years of East Anglian hell-raising, this is a barnstorming set of tracks that deliver the trademark mix of...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2015
Neuk Wight Delhi All-Stars
Last year the sarangi player Suhail Yusuf Khan, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist James Yorkston and double bass player Jon Thorne...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2017
Beránci a Vlci
This ambitious recording originates in a show put on at the Folk Holidays Festival in the Czech Republic. It brings...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2018
Nordic Choro II
The established link between Finland and South American music is tango, which was brought north over 100 years ago. Nordic...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: July/2016
Le QuecumBar International Gypsy Swing Guitar Festival
Situated in a pub on a sidestreet in Battersea, Le QuecumBar is the UK’s leading – perhaps only – venue...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
The Fourth Light
Built around the captivating voice of the Iranian-born singer Azam Ali, the fusion of Sufi mysticism and electronic trance beats...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2015
Nimissa
This brave and original kora rock band from Guinea have made both startlingly extraordinary and some plainly nondescript albums, but...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: July/2012
