Reviews
Meeting Point: Live at the Liverpool Philharmonic
Aly Bain, Ale Möller & Bruce Molsky
Recorded live at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, this stirring album brings together Scottish fiddling from the ubiquitous Aly Bain with...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Apr/May/2014
Waternixie
Dalinda is a UK-based, Libyan-born, Bosnian singer-songwriter whose music bears traces of many influences. Such a rich cultural background could...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: October/2013
İstanbul’u Dinliyorum
London-based trio ZELT bear more than a passing stylistic resemblance to Istanbul’s Lalalar, crafting tunes with a strong Turkish and...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: January/2025
Nigeria 70: Sweet Times: Afro-Funk, Highlife and Juju From 1970s Lagos
The third edition of Strut's Nigeria 70 series contains another 13 crate-raiding tracks never previously issued outside of Nigeria –...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2011
Det Andre Rommet
The Norwegian Hardanger fiddler Erlend Apneseth's debut album, released in 2013, possessed a mostly traditional, acoustic inclination. This follow-up is...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: July/2016
Deliverance
It's five years since the first Nordic Fiddlers Bloc album. Since then they have endeared themselves to audiences with their...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: June/2016
SOAR
Here, at last, is the long-awaited new album from that remarkable duo, the classically trained Welsh harpist Catrin Finch and...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: May/2018
Rendhagyó Prímástalálkozó II
A few years ago there was a great recording of Hungarian music called Primás Parade on Folk Europa records, which...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Look Up
It would be a stretch to call the British quintet Me and My Friends a ‘world music’ band – but...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2019
Bande Italiane
Look at a map of southern Europe, think raucous brass bands and you’re probably drawn to the Balkans – Serbia...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
