Reviews

The Real Revolution

Playing for Change Band

It’s 20 years since the American filmmakers Mark Johnson and Whitney Kroenke founded Playing for Change, hitting the streets with...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2022

Eli Winter

Eli Winter

Known as an extraordinarily adept self-taught guitarist with a distinctive style bearing the imprint of contemporary American flatpickers, particularly his...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2022

Mis Ancestros

Perkutao

Perkutao are an Afro-Peruvian percussion ensemble founded in 2005 and directed by Percy Chinchilla, musician, percussionist, zapateador and teacher. Mis...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2022

Jinn

Jinn

While it would be easy to make an album focusing on the similarities between guitar and oud, this debut album...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: October/2022

Rosc

Goitse

Celebrating 15 years together and a decade on the touring circuit, Limerick-based quintet Goitse mark the dual anniversary in style...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2022

And So We Gather

Kim Carnie

Kim Carnie wrote most of this debut album in Glen Lyon, Perthshire, and she has captured the unhurried peacefulness of...

Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: October/2022

Bondona

Khiyo

On the strength of their 2015 debut album Khiyo were nominees in the best group category at the Songlines Music...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: October/2022

Racines

Joulik

With Racines the French trio Joulik range around the globe. ‘Gwannaw Ay’ includes Wolof proverbs, ‘Dans Mon Ker’ is in...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2022

Mahal

Irfan Ali Taj

Hailing from the Upper Chitral district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the north of Pakistan, singer and multi-instrumentalist Irfan Ali Taj’s...

Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: August/September/2022

In Search of Sources

Jarek Adamów & Marcin Kozak

Unlike the Jarek Adamów album that follows this one, In Search of Sources features two Polish musicians interested in the...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: August/September/2022