Reviews
Sage Warrior
This second album from trumpeter and singer Sonny Singh is as energetic and playful a take on his Punjabi heritage...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: December/2024
Goldenwings
In #197, I reviewed a reissue of Opa’s abortive first album. With Airto Moreira, the Uruguayan Fattoruso brothers re-recorded for...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2024
Hunter Folk Vol 1: Tribute to Toumani Koné
Mali’s Nfaly Diakité is a virtuoso of the donso ngoni, an eight-stringed antelope skin harp favoured by the donsow, the...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: December/2024
Latem (Summertime)
WoWaKin are a Polish trio playing violin, three-row accordion and drums with all the verve and vivacity of a village...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2024
Still + Bright
Tennessee singer, guitarist, banjo player and songwriter Amythyst Kiah has come a long way from her early roots singing Appalachian...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: December/2024
Sotali
Swedish folk duo Pettersson & Fredriksson originally released this set in 2010 and present it here for the first time...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: December/2024
Safa
Palestinian oud virtuoso Nizar Rohana returns with his third album Safa, which is a completely solo effort. While Rohana is...
Reviewed by Yousif Nur in issue: December/2024
Twisted Sage
Kenny Kosek with Tony Trischka
Here’s a recipe for a great old-time fiddle and banjo album: first, learn a bunch of tunes as a teenager...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: December/2024
Te-Kwaro Alango-Ekuku
It wasn’t until Nyege Nyege Tapes shared the fruits of their deep dive into the radio recordings of Langi griot...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: December/2024
Butterfly: Colors of Armenian Duduk
Butterfly is the debut album by Canadian/Armenian duduk player Sar Kamler, who came to the instrument surprisingly late in adulthood,...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: December/2024
