Reviews
Franklin
In 1845, the 129-strong crew of Captain John Franklin's expedition to discover the famed North-West Passage vanished in the icy...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2018
Fiddler’s Pastime
The solo debut from award-winning bluegrass fiddler Keith-Hynes of Mile Twelve is not merely a showcase for her own prodigious...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: November/2020
Blue White Gold
It has already been a decade since Danes Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen (fiddle), Nikolaj Busk (piano and accordion) and Swede Ale...
Reviewed by James Roriston in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Radio Salone
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars
Sierra Leone's reggae band, the Refugee All Stars, emerged from the refugee camps born of the brutal civil war that...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: June/2012
Mysterious Duality – Just Me
Jayanthi Kumaresh is one of India’s leading performers of the veena, an ancient lute which produces a rich and deeply...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: March/2011
Tundra Songs
The first noises here sound just like a fat seal pulling itself over gritty snow. By the end of Tundra...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2015
Afrika Festival: Live in Hertme 2
Orchestre Les Mangelepa & Dieuf-Dieul de Thies
The second CD to be released of live recordings from the excellent annual Afrika Festival in Hertme in the Netherlands...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: December/2018
LAUTyodeln: Fern-Nah-Weit
This is a selection of the finest yodels performed at LAUTyodeln, a festival in Munich last June. It displays the...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: May/2017
While Rome Burns
In last year's referendum, Scotland voted to remain in the European Union, and the title of Scottish-based trio Bellevue Rendezvous’...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: August/2017
Medicine Songs
Buffy Sainte-Marie was one of the breakout stars of the early 1960s Greenwich Village folk scene. Not only was she...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: April/2018
