Reviews
Glory of the West
Here's an 18th-century fashion that needs reviving: the dance fan. Women took fans to dances to send elaborate signals as...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: May/2018
Komsa Gayar
Lindigo are a band firmly in touch with their roots, but that's not to say they aren't moving forward. For...
Reviewed by Tim Romain in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Dañs!
Take a voice steeped in Breton tradition, team it with two musicians from a younger generation, and have another look...
Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: November/2017
BaHarim: An Oud Fantasy
‘Set against a starry desert backdrop,’ Tidhar says, ‘my music is a meeting between me and the oud.’ True to...
Reviewed by Asher Breuer-Weil in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Gnawa Electric Laune
This is an album that has me very much in two minds. It's a fusion of Gnawa music from Morocco...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2020
Audio Descriptive
Shammi Pithia says he owes a debt to fellow British Asian musician Nitin Sawhney. On the evidence of his 16-track...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Lunar
This double CD is a fascinating mix. The legendary lyra player Ross Daly and his student, the equally brilliant musician...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: March/2018
Chasing the Light
The Birmingham-based Old Dance School’s debut album Forecast was full of the first flush of recording excitement; a follow-up was...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Doors at Eight
Peter Knight is the fiddle player in Steeleye Span but, since those folk– rock pioneers have been ploughing the same...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
An Introduction to Anne Briggs
An elusive but tremendously significant figure from the thrilling UK folk scene of the 1960s and 70s, Briggs has barely...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2018
