Reviews
Sul Filo
Iva Bittová has been pushing the boundaries of East European music for almost 30 years, her voice and violin (and...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: April/2020
Un Autre Blanc
This is hailed as the veteran Malian singer's final album: at nearly 70, Keita is ‘retiring.’ Certainly, Un Autre Blanc...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: April/2019
Up Through the Woods
From the first to the last note of the second album from this Derbyshire duo – guitarist Gibb and fiddler...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Mount the Air
Two years in the making, in their own studio in an old granary building in Northumberland, this utterly enthralling album...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2015
The Genesis Project
East Journey featuring Yothu Yindi
The link between young Arnhem Land outfit East Journey and veteran Aboriginal band Yothu Yindi is a family one. East...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2015
Übersee
The Süddeutsche funkateers are back with a bang. For those listeners who were lucky enough to stumble across last year's...
Reviewed by Lemez Lovas in issue: March/2010
We Will Sing
From the folks who brought us veteran Thursday Island songman Seaman Dan, come two new voices from the Torres Strait...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2012
A Lifetime of Happiness
Worthy successor of a folk singing tradition rooted in Ireland, following in the footsteps of no less than Paul Brady...
Reviewed by Anne G-E in issue: May/2019
Cross the Rolling Water
Fiddler and singer-songwriter Hannah Read met banjo player Michael Starkey at an Appalachian music session in Edinburgh in 2019. They...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: August/September/2022
The Old Wheel of Fortune
There's an old Irish saying that claims'the older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune.’ It's doubtful whether the fiddles employed...
Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: Apr/May/2012
