Reviews
The Sun Will Rise (A Cappella)
Mahsa Vahdat is one of few female singers living in Iran to record regularly outside the country, largely through the...
Reviewed by Laudan Nooshin in issue: July/2016
22 Strings
After his sublime album, Clychau Dibon, with Welsh harpist Catrin Finch that won Best Cross-Cultural Collaboration in the 2014 Songlines...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2015
Malta's Lost Voices
Now that's what I call a CD set. A foot-tall board-encased booklet, shaped like an old gramophone loudspeaker trumpet, is...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: October/2011
Tear in the River
Berlin-based bansuri player Roy Sunak's debut album, Tear in the River, can’t be faulted musically, even if its concept –...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: April/2023
Year of the Clown
The album's title is a whimsical comment on the political lunacy of the past year and there is certainly an...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: August/2017
Footsteps in the Snow
L'Attirail featuring Sidi Bémol
In true L'Attirail fashion, Footsteps in the Snow is a journey rooted in travel and storytelling. Here, sounds float in...
Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: April/2021
The St Buryan Sessions
Throughout 2021, Sarah McQuaid has been releasing songs and videos as The St Buryan Sessions, her live lockdown recordings made...
Reviewed by Sophie Parkes in issue: December/2021
The Prester John Sessions
A musician on a mission, Thomas T Gobena, aka Tommy T, summons the spirit of legendary Christian king Prester John...
Reviewed by Lucy Wilson in issue: March/2010
Music in the Glen
Brendan Mulholland, Conor Lamb, Deirdre Galway
Music in the Glen is a promising debut by three stalwarts of Northern Ireland's live scene: Brendan Mulholland (flute and...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: July/2018
Here Come the Young
A veteran singer-songwriter and activist, Joseph has purveyed social and protest songs since his first studio release in 1983. The...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2019
