Reviews
For the Sake of Auld Decency
Album number two from Irish-Danish four-piece Mórga, sees David Munnelly replace Barry Brady on accordion. But in all other respects...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Addoh
On this, his debut album, guitarist and singer Oumar Konaté seeks to place himself among the ever-growing pantheon of Mali's...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Sweet Visitor
She's got a pedigree going back to two superb albums with Eliza Carthy in the early 90s, and with partner...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
The Voice of the People: The Barley Mow
Topic Records released the Voice of the People series – 20 CDs and about 500 recordings of traditional songs and...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Bless Up
The veteran Jamaican guitarist Ernest Ranglin helped to give birth to reggae, playing on early recordings that defined the genre...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Całe Szczęście
Mosaik are a very accomplished Polish folk band who combine Polish traditions with world sounds. On this album we hear...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
The Bridge that Links Time
Since their previous record, Chants Polyphoniques d’Albanie, an efficient survey of the remarkably varied unaccompanied songs of the Albanian south,...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Addis to Omega
Those familiar with the heavily Ethiopian-influenced band heard on the last three Dub Colossus albums will hardly recognise this new...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Get a Life
Warren G Harding is an odd name to choose for a band name. History regards that particular US president as...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
