Reviews
Live in Shetland
For her fourth solo album, Shetland fiddle player Jenna Reid teams up with three of her long-standing collaborators for a...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: June/2015
The Friel Sisters
Anna, Sheila and Clare Friel were born and brought up in Glasgow, but the music they play is Irish. Their...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Gatherings
John Smith is best experienced live, which is just as well, as he often spends 200 days of the year...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: February/March/2026
Decemberwell
An ambitious challenge was the impetus for Mike Vass’ new album. He aimed to compose and record it in just...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: March/2013
Šatrika
Čači Vorba is the name of the group, but it's vocalist and fiddler Maria Natanson who is the star of...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2016
1001
The pace is frenetic from the off, but there's something more in the mix than just the usual racing rhythm...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: May/2016
Anclao en Paris
Juan ‘Tata’ Cedrón has been making folk and tango music with one quartet or another since 1964 and has released...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2013
Vinyl Box Set #4
While I wish I was reporting to you on the quality packaging and superb sound this vinyl box-set contains, being...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2018
Water of Tyne
Magnetic North East is a new organisation dedicated to promoting the music, culture, art and heritage – the identity, then...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
World Defeats the Grandfathers: Swinging Swahili Rumba 1982-1986
Issa Juma & the Super Wanyika Stars
This is another in a series of authoritative collections of golden-age rumba issued by Sterns. Whilst their recent anthologies have...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2010
