Reviews
Elbow Room
Following 2016's North, a set of bracing duos with Belfast-born fiddler Conor Caldwell, Elbow Room is the second solo offering...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Live: The Farewell Tour
Bellowhead made some great studio albums but their concerts are extraordinary. There was the horn section, kicking like a chorus...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2016
Ceòl Mòr/Light & Shade
Ceòl Mòr, which translates as ‘Great Music,’ is the classical music of the highland bagpipe. This is an instrument of...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Awakening the Fire
Navajo flautist R Carlos Nakai's ethereal tone has won him a huge following and has introduced Native American flute music...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Ffiniau
Ffiniau is Welsh for ‘borders’ and harpist and singer Bethan Nia’s debut album explores the boundaries that exist between people,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2021
Czech Republic: Music from Walachia, Horňácko and Kopanice
Compared to neighbouring Hungary, whose traditional music has an international profile, the folk music of the Czech Republic is little...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2012
The Woman at the End of the World
Elza Soares has been one of Brazil's most controversial samba singers ever since her career began in the late 1950s,...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2016
Sounds of Mirrors
Born into a long line of muezzins (men who call Muslims to prayer), Dhafer Youssef discovered his own melodic voice...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: March/2019
The Good Noise
The latest release from Me Lost Me, the musical project of British artist Jayne Dent, is an extraordinarymélange of field...
Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: January/2021
Cannibal Courtship
Dengue Fever's latest album is a step up from their last studio effort, Venus on Earth, in 2008. The band...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: July/2011
