Reviews
All You Need is Death
All You Need is Death is the first cinematic soundtrack from Lankum’s Ian Lynch. The film of the same name...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: July/2024
Festival Jump-Up
Now, the first CD here is something of a revelation, containing as it does the first ever reissue of Lord...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2020
La Grande Folie
It's been a long time coming – since school days, one could say – and the speakers positively burst with...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2021
Fifty Verses
In 2010 Nancy Kerr & James Fagan (winners of Best Duo at the BBC Folk Awards) found life on their...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2013
Reflections of Palestine
One of the good news stories to come out of the despair of the first Intifada was how music guided...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: October/2012
Navega Mundos
Fusion albums often throw out intriguing hints at what the planet's future might sound like: free-form, multi-faceted, deliciously deracinated. Laura...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2016
The Rough Guide to Fado Legends
It's only natural that for every musical genre there is one voice that stands out and outshines everyone else. If...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Heart of the Congos
After failing to interest an international label when first released in 1977, Heart of the Congos has long been regarded...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: August/2017
Words of a Fiddler’s Daughter: Rúnian
The Ciderhouse Rebellion with Jessie Summerhayes
Anyone who has spent time on Lindisfarne Island off Britain’s Northumbrian coast in the wintertime knows just how exposed it...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: January/2021
