Reviews
On the Lonesome Plain
As the son of world-renowned Irish folk singer Liam Clancy, the apple hasn't fallen far from the tree for this...
Reviewed by Rachel Cunniffe in issue: October/2018
Sun Without the Heat
New Orleans-based Leyla McCalla is known for making moving, socially conscious music that takes in all her various influences, from...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: May/2024
Out of the Blue
It’s reassuring that some things don’t change. For their second album, the Brussels-based international trio of former street musicians follow...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2024
Banbirrngu: The Orchestral Sessions
One of the most beautiful and distinctive voices to ever emerge from Australia, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu – better known simply...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: February/March/2025
Arcadia
A remarkable trait of Alison Krauss & Union Station is the consistently sublime nature of the band’s output. It’s been...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2025
Poyln: A Gilgul
Although there's been a great revival of klezmer and Jewish music in the former Eastern Bloc, it's still American musicians...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: May/2016
Zoona Malawi
As Gasper Nali hoists his ten-foot, homemade babatoni, we clearly have a candidate for unusual instrument of the month: it...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Polygon
Mihály Borbély is a Hungarian player of saxophone, clarinet and other wind instruments. In this live recording he's with the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Mousehold
Led by Georgia Shackleton on fiddle and vocals, with Nic Zuppardi on mandolin and Aaren Bennett on guitar, the East...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: August/September/2022
Fine Bloom
Free the Honey is a quartet that plies its trade with a tight-knit, nearly telepathic ease. Jenny Hill (vocals, fiddle,...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
