Reviews
The Tapi Project
Tapi put their best feet forward on opener ‘Paigam’, with a surando (folk fiddle) sample introducing a reflective vocal refrain....
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: July/2019
Criollo Electrik
After leading a number of big bands in Canada, where he is based, López has switched to a small combo...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2018
An Introduction to Anne Briggs
An elusive but tremendously significant figure from the thrilling UK folk scene of the 1960s and 70s, Briggs has barely...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2018
Times from Times Fall
This Orkney born and bred quartet – fiddlers Kristan Harvey, Jeana Leslie and Catriona Price, alongside pianist Jennifer Austin –...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: December/2018
A Casual Invocation
George Hoyle, aka Cunning Folk, is a folklorist, storyteller, folk artist, magical ritualist, a former member of Gay Dad, Circulus,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2020
Jayme Stone's Lomax Project
Alan Lomax, the American folklorist, ethno-musicologist and filmmaker spent his life travelling the world making field recordings. He is best...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: June/2015
Identity
Hailing from the mining-tourist town of Jabiru, within the Northern Territory’s incredible Kakadu National Park, Black Rock Band follow up...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: January/2021
Live from the Union Chapel
Born out of informal Burns Night gigs in London, Band of Burns brings together 12 musicians from Scotland, Ireland, England,...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: April/2018
Amrat
There is something about discovering one's native tongue after a brief fling abroad with a foreign language. Whether out of...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: March/2023
