Reviews

Fifty Verses

Melrose Quartet

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

Hawaii to Calcutta: A Tribute to Tau Moe

Debashish Bhattacharya

Bhattacharya is an extraordinary musician. He may be best known for inventing the slide guitars that allow him to play...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: April/2017

Mashasha

Mashasha

Peter ‘Mashasha’ Mujuru is a Zimbab–wean bass guitarist, session musician and member of jazz group Too Open. He currently lives...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Jan/Feb/2012

Untitled

Hedy West

A lost album from 1979, Untitled was recorded by the American singer, banjo player and guitarist Hedy West at the...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: June/2019

Highland Time

Sketch

Opener ‘After the Storm’ shows where we’re heading: a crisp rhythm track overlaid with pipes and fiddle and a deranged...

Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: May/2016

Grannen

Frigg

Frigg can do no wrong. I have waxed lyrical about them in these pages in the past and am beginning...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Nov/Dec/2010

Vivir Sin Miedo

Buika

Concha Buika, a Spanish singer of Equatorial Guinean descent, walks a narrow, obstacle-strewn path between styles, cultures and languages. Sometimes...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2016

Fifty Five

Dan Trueman

Is it the magical sound of the Hardanger fiddle, or its association with Norwegian folklore that has attracted performers and...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: June/2021

AmarElo

Emicida

The release of AmarElo was preceded by a run of singles, each very different to the last, which left me...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: May/2020

Silence is Bliss

Naveen Kumar

Although he is best known for his work on some of Indian cinema's most celebrated soundtracks – including AR Rahman's...

Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: March/2016