Reviews
Wairunga
Fat Freddy's Drop have been favourites on the local scene for two decades while also building a considerable global following....
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: November/2021
Still Moving
Adams has long been a bold and adventurous serial collaborator but this album with Mauro Durante – leader of Italy's...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2021
Ngā Mata o te Ariki Tāwhirimātea
After growing up singing with her mother and aunties, award-winning Māori vocalist Maisey Rika began performing professionally at age 13....
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: November/2021
The Guesthouse Sessions
Lockdown has proved a rich creative experience for the Belgian bal folk duo, diatonic accordionists Pascale Rubens and Toon Van...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: November/2021
Alone on a Hill
Katy Rose Bennett has been performing her Americana-tinged style of folk music for the best part of 20 years. She's...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2021
Folk for Little Folk Vol 1
Although listed as ‘for little folk,’ Canadian fiddler Gordie ‘Crazylegs’ MacKeeman's new album has plenty to offer adults who appreciate...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: November/2021
Cameroon Garage Funk
This is another fine compilation from Analog Africa, amassing 16 tracks recorded in Cameroon's capital Yaoundé during the 1970s. All...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: November/2021
Suba
Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita's debut album as a duo, Transparent Water, came out in 2017 and was a transporting...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2021
At Pioneer Works
Unique among the thriving Touareg guitar band scene, three of the four members of Les Filles de Illighadad are women...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2021
