Reviews
Quercus
Quercus (June Tabor, Iain Ballamy, Huw Warren)
Quercus means ‘oak’ in Latin, and the oak is steeped in folklore from root to crown. So is the music...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2013
Westward
One half of Irish duo Lumiere, with Pauline Scanlon, Éilís Kennedy hails from Dingle, Co Kerry in the west of...
Reviewed by Rachel Cunniffe in issue: June/2017
Renaissance
Tonino Baliardo, one of the founding members of Gipsy Kings, is back with his first album in more than eight...
Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: March/2023
La Voix de la Révolution
Sory Kandia Kouyaté was a link between the ancient griot tradition of sung history and the modern popular music of...
Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: June/2012
Agô
The title of this album from percussionist, singer, composer and bandleader Dendê Macêdo means ‘To Ask Permission’ in Yoruba, the...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: November/2022
Rough Guide to Native America
Knowledge of – and exposure to – Native American music and culture is sadly lacking in the UK and Europe....
Reviewed by James Lascelles in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Ethnic Minority Music of Northwest Xinjiang, China
This is a selection of field recordings made by an intrepid French-Chinese couple of enthusiasts in 2009 in the Ili...
Reviewed by Rachel Harris in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Starlight Hotel
Zoe Muth & the Lost High Rollers
Zoe Muth has been called Seattle's answer to Emmylou Harris, Kitty Wells or Iris Dement, depending on who you believe....
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2011
Flight on Light
‘New Age’ and ‘tranquil’ are the first words that come to mind in describing this disc from Greek clarinetist Manos...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
