Reviews
Inoni Ana Totoraha
With an energy beyond that of normal mortals, these enthusiastic Solomon Islanders are a festival promoter's dream: Melanesian men with...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: June/2026
Bass & Mandolin
Classical bass player Edgar Meyer and bluegrass mandolinist Chris Thile first teamed up on a 2008 duets album that fused...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2026
Last of the Outlaws
Railroad Earth balance a studious approach to Americana, which generates tuneful passages and thoughtful songs, with a “Worry? What, us?”...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2026
Our Routes
It 's somewhat quaint in late 2014 to get a new album that faithfully treads the Balkan beats formula popular...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: June/2026
Hell Yeah!
This is some straight-up knee-slapping, line-dancing, hat-tippin’, hoedown-swinging, Bayou-swimmin’ stuff! If that's not your thing, you’re probably not going to...
Reviewed by Mike Fleck in issue: June/2026
Born in Parallel
Double bassist and composer Daphna Sadeh is not the first bandleader to draw inspiration from the common ground between early...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2026
Kodama
The international debut release from Franco-Japanese singer Maïa Barouh is an eclectic affair and reveals a young and talented artist...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: June/2026
Old England Grown New
He has supported the likes of Martin Carthy, Dave Swarbrick and Chris Wood, worked on performance pieces with storytellers, fronted...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2026
Calypso Craze 1956-57 and Beyond
Forty-year-old Bear Family Records is a German label renowned for digging deeply into the country, blues and rock’n’roll archives, and...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: June/2026
Animism
When Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq was awarded the prestigious Polaris Prize (Canada's equivalent to the Mercury Prize) this October...
Reviewed by Marc Fournier in issue: June/2026
