Reviews
From Bedlam to Lenane
Ilaria Graziano & Francesco Forni
With that title beside those two names, I was expecting a couple of Italian crooners on an Irish road trip....
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2015
Khyber Mail
It is hard to really know what to say about this disc, as it is so much of its time;...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: October/2011
Underwater Dub
Listening to this album I immediately asked myself a question: who in the world needs another dub album in 2014?...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2014
Dark Carnival
Kate Green is gifted with a fine voice; she uses it with feeling and precision, which makes her a terrific...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2022
Notebook
The cello is not a go-to instrument for folk and traditional music. But in the hands of Barry Phillips, it...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: March/2020
A Burdensome Year
Sometimes on this Yorkshireman's second album, Pike's downbeat vocal with guitar and strings can feel over-familiar, as can some lyrics:...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
The Don Ca Tai Tu: Chamber Music of the Mekong Delta
In 2013 the southern Vietnamese chamber music genre don ca tai tu was officially recognised as intangible cultural heritage by...
Reviewed by Barley Norton in issue: October/2014
The Rough Guide to the Best World Music You’ve Never Heard
Much has been written about ‘world music’ as a genre – going back to David Byrne's 1999 New York Times...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: May/2016
In the Furrows of Common Place
Drawing on the poetry of John Clare, Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris' The Lost Words and South Yorkshire writer Barry...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2021
