Touring around Europe and the US heavily in recent months, the Garifuna gang from Belize sound much more traditionally folkloric...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: November/2019
For his second solo album, the highly regarded West Yorkshire singer and multi-instrumentalist Jack Rutter recorded the whole set live...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2019
Kora player Kadialy Kouyaté has woven a stellar reputation since arriving in London from Casamance, southern Senegal in 2003. Born...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2019
Leana & Hartwin are a folk duo based on Saaremaa, an Estonian island in the Baltic Sea.Leana Vapper-Dhoore was born...
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: November/2019
Ebo Taylor Jnr with Wuta Wazutu
One of the most satisfying rediscoveries of the crate-digging phenomenon of recent years has been Ebo Taylor, the veteran Ghanaian...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2019
Samia Malik, who is also a visual artist, writes and performs songs in the traditional ghazal (rhyming couplets) format and...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: November/2019
This 18th studio album from Devon favourites Show of Hands treads territory their loyal fans know so well – a...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: November/2019
This is a splendid celebration of brash, Brooklyn, big-band klezmer revelling in the retro flavour of the style. Many of...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2019
Working this time in Lima, Peru, this album from the Just Play project – accompanied by a webisode for each...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: November/2019
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