Reviews
The Rough Guide to the Music of China
Although the liner notes trumpet the massive changes in China since the last Rough Guide CD was compiled ten years...
Reviewed by Rachel Harris in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Hook
Mary MacMaster and Donald Hay form an interesting duo, playing harp and drums. MacMaster is also a member the all-female...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Weirdlore: Notes from the Folk Underground
Weirdlore is a tag conceived by fRoots magazine editor Ian Anderson to describe a disparate collection of artists and bands...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
The Whole Affair – The Very Best of Mary Coughlan
Four years since her last release, the finest jazz and blues singer Ireland has produced since the late Ottilie Patterson...
Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Broadside
Bellowhead are a heavy metal outfit, Reich-like minimalists, vocal harmony virtuosi, a brass-blasting jazz combo, a shanty crew and squeezebox-driven...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Aborigines of Taiwan: Anthology of the Vocal Art
You can’t get more evocative of rural village life than song titles such as ‘Making Fun of Abu’ and Airing...
Reviewed by Shzr Ee Tan in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Josh Billings Voyage
This is a concept album of sorts. The methodical American multi¬instrumentalist Tim Eriksen, formerly of cult alt-folk rockers Cordelia’s Dad,...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Where the Darkness Goes
Not surprisingly, this solo album from one third of long-established Canadian folk-pop trio Po’Girl sounds not entirely dissimilar to Po’Girl,...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
La Maravilla
It’s a long way from Archway in North London to Santiago de Cuba, but Son Yambu – who take their...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Funmi Ti De
Funmi Olawumi has spent the last dozen years singing with various Nigerian ensembles including wedding party favourites the Queens of...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
