Reviews

Skywire

JPP

As a live experience, JPP are hard to beat. They’ve been together for over 30 years, having grown up in...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Aug/Sep/2015

Red Sonja

Lolomis

Three years on from their second album, Boukane, Lolomis have intensified their ongoing splicing process with a third collection, this...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: January/2021

Sangoyi

Kala Jula

Kala Jula is a collaboration between multi-instrumentalists Samba Diabaté and Vincent Zanetti, both of whom live in Mali, although the...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: July/2015

At the Studio

The Zonke Family

The Zonke family hail from Nyampanda, a small border town on the Zimbabwean side of the boundary with Mozambique. They...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2020

Juan Zou De Ren (He Who Travels Far)

Hanggai

The second album from Hanggai, the Beijing-based Mongolian folk-rock band, pioneers of the ‘China-grass’ scene, sees them coming of age....

Reviewed by Rachel Harris in issue: Nov/Dec/2010

Thread

Sally Anne Morgan

Vocalist and multiinstrumentalist Sally Anne Morgan is one of the central figures in a tidal movement among young(er) Appalachian and...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Aug/Sept/2020

Afrika Festival: Live in Hertme

Sekou Kouyaté & Debademba

The annual Afrika Festival in Hertme in the Netherlands has become one of the highlights of the European festival circuit...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: November/2016

Fireside Stories

Trevor Beales

Fireside Stories is an album that could break your heart. First and foremost, it's astonishingly beautiful. With expertly finger-picked guitar,...

Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: April/2023

On Down the Line

Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper

A recipient of nine International Bluegrass Music Association Fiddler of the Year Awards, Michael Alexander is universally recognised as one...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

A Long Engagement

Nickodemus

New York DJ Nickodemus has never been one to stay isolated in the Big Apple. Drawing upon a myriad of...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: June/2018