Reviews
The Irish Sea Sessions 2010
The inaugural Irish Sea Sessions, of which this is an electrifying live recording from last year’s Liverpool Irish Festival, brought...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
MeStissage
Teofilo Chantre was one of the first of the new wave of Cape Verdean singer-songwriters to depart from strict tradition,...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Next Stop… Soweto Vol 2: Soul, Funk & Organ Grooves from the Townships 1969-76
All credit to compilers Duncan Brooker and Francis Gooding, for what they have done with this unusual and fascinating comp¬ilation...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2010
The Complete John Kirkpatrick Band
The great accordion player John Kirkpatrick played on the album Morris On; he worked with the Albion Band onthe famous...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2013
Qin: Celestial Music for Qin and Xiao
The qin has a small but fanatical following, both in China and abroad. This is the seven-string zither that appears...
Reviewed by Rowan Pease in issue: March/2010
I Can See the Gates of Heaven
Marta Sebestyén is foremost amongst Hungary’s traditional international fame thanks to her recordings with the band Muzsikás, released on Joe...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Radio Highlife
Radio Highlife is the fruit of many years' worth of Auntie Flo touring around the world, tuning in to local...
Reviewed by Tim Romain in issue: March/2019
Assiniboine & the Red
The Small Glories – grizzle-voiced Canadian folk-roots scene veteran JD Edwards and ex-Wailin' Jennys' Cara Luft – return to familiar...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: November/2019
Postcards
‘Like David Grisman's Dawg’ music, but with pierogies,’ is how Eric Stein, leader of Beyond The Pale once jokingly described...
Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: Apr/May/2010
Tsara Madagasikara
Here is the long awaited return of one of Madagascar's most loved musicians, valiha (bamboo zither) master and multi-instrumentalist Samoela...
Reviewed by Paddy Bush in issue: October/2010
