Reviews
Womama
Hailing from Guinea, living in Paris and with spiritual roots in Mali and Gambia, Djeli Moussa Condé's experience is one...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2015
Murmurs
Martin Simpson, Andy Cutting & Nancy Kerr
Nancy Kerr just won Folk Singer of the Year at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Martin Simpson is no...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2015
The Spyglass & The Herringbone
In the traditional song ‘John Blunt,’ a couple retire to bed then remember they’ve forgotten to lock their door. They...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2015
Ora Doci Ora Margos
Who is Elida Almeida? Across 2015, many other music lovers will ask the same question. That is because this, the...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2015
Songs of Thessaloniki
Savina Yannatou & Primavera en Salonico
Since the 1990s, Greek soprano Savina Yannatou has established herself as an experimental interpreter of pan-Mediterranean folk songs. Primavera en...
Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: July/2015
Kodhi: Trevor Warren's Adventures with Ayub Ogada
In the late 80s Ayub Ogada was one of the great ‘discoveries’ of WOMAD. His 1993 album En Mana Kuoyo...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2015
The Flood
In 2003 the harpist Andy Lowings set about creating a playable replica of the earliest known stringed instrument, the Gold...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2015
Outros Choros do Brazil
A choro supergroup of sorts, the three members of Aquarela have worked with the likes of Gilberto Gil, Airto Moreira...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2015
Taranta Project
From the suspenseful orchestral arrangement and accordion drone that opens this diverse, deeply engaging album, it's obvious that this Turin-born...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: July/2015
Adana
Vardan Hovanissian & Emre Gültekin
Duduk player Vardan Hovanissian is clearly a master of the instrument and the soft plangent tones of the Armenian oboe...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2015
