Reviews

Handmade Tales

Tradish

Based in Denmark but with roots in traditional Irish music, Manchester-born John Pilkington (guitar, bouzouki and vocals), with Danes Louise...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: November/2019

Gisela João

Gisela João

There is an infallible method to tell apart a remarkable singer from a merely very good one. Let's call it...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: June/2015

Guitarra Mía: Tangos by Gardel and Piazzolla

Franz Halász

Carlos Gardel (1890-1935) and Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) remain the undisputed giants of Argentinian tango. The former was a crooner, film...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: August/2017

Le Silence de l’Exode

Yom

French clarinettist Yom has made seven albums that reflect an eclectic spirit that defies categorisation, underlining the malleability of his...

Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: October/2014

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