Reviews
Mazel Tov!
Klezmer comes in all shapes and sizes and this band is no exception – a group of Italian women with...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: May/2016
Lunar Love
Mop Mop, an Italian instrumental quartet, released the very impressive Isle of Magic album back in 2013. There, they looked...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2016
Dark Wings of the Night
There's something dark and secretive about Finnish tango; that is its great attraction. Listen to archive recordings from the 40s...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Alone on a Hill
Katy Rose Bennett has been performing her Americana-tinged style of folk music for the best part of 20 years. She's...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2021
Baladi Blues Reloaded
Baladi music lies at the root of Arab pop music. It's a popular Egyptian style that developed during the 1920s,...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Seinn
Mary Jane Lamond & Wendy MacIsaac
For lovers of traditional Nova Scotian folk music, it doesn't get much better than this collaboration between Scottish Gaelic singer...
Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: March/2013
Grind
The second album from the 11-piece Treacherous Orchestra sees the boys at their raucous best. Grind reflects the band's new,...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: March/2015
Caribbean Roots
Poet and spoken-word performer Anthony Joseph was born and raised in Trinidad, but has long lived in London, where he...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2016
Say What?
Two Man Ting is a Bristol-based duo who have been plugging away at the festival circuit. Jon Lewis and Jah-Man...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: November/2015
Centenary: Words & Music of the Great War
Show of Hands with Jim Carter & Imelda Staunton
There will be few finer artistic tributes to the cataclysmic experience of World War I in this centenary year than...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
