Reviews
Wake the Union
The latest album from Devon duo Steve Knightleyand Phil Beer exhibits their trademark concern for making folk music speak to...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Unzip the Horizon
Unzip the Horizon is a remarkable document for many reasons. First and foremost there is Moira Smiley's voice, which commands...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2018
The Seven Suns
John McSherry's second solo outing proves to be a lyrical and lively celebration of Ireland's rich hinterland of myth and...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: March/2017
The Seventh Wave
If you were lucky enough to witness Skipinnish at Celtic Connections in 2016, at a Glasgow Royal Concert Hall packed...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: August/2017
Shake the Chains
The Shake the Chains protest-song project (featured in #125) was conceived by English folk singer Greg Russell after his university...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: November/2017
The Kankobela of the Batonga Vol 1
Once fishermen and farmers on the rich alluvial banks of the Zambezi, the Batonga were driven at gun¬point from their...
Reviewed by Tom Bullough in issue: March/2010
Turkey: The Ceremony of the Konya Dervishes
Konya Whirling Dervishes Ensemble
The ritual of the so-called whirling dervishes is the best-known Sufi ceremony in Turkey. During the sema, the dervishes, dressed...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Our Lady of the Tall Trees
From the first track to the last, the sonorous twang and thrum of Cahalen Morrison & Eli West’s music is...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Bamboo
This is a welcome full reissue of the experimental album from 1970, which is highly prized by collectors. Shakuhachi (Japanese...
Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: July/2019
Cyrillus Kreek: The Suspended Harp of Babel
Vox Clamantis & Jaan-Eik Tulve
Estonia has a number of contemporary composers who have made an art out of sacred choral music and written for...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
