Reviews
Lola
Carrie Rodriguez first got noticed when fiddling and singing with Chip ‘Wild Thing’ Taylor. They made beautiful music together before...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: May/2016
Devil in the Seat
The American, Portland, Oregon-based group The Foghorn Stringband are the epitome of what it means to be an old-time group...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: June/2015
The Reason Why Vol 3
Goran Kajfeš Subtropic Arkestra
According to Swedish trumpeter Goran Kajfeš, this will be the last outing of covers for his Subtropic Arkestra ensemble. If...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Amplitude
Danças Ocultas & Orquestra Filarmonia das Beiras
The concertina is as versatile as it is portable – hence its pivotal role in American, Argentinian and South African...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2017
Mi Voz
Turkish singer Elif Sanchez’s 2021 debut featured jazzy settings of Turkish and Azerbaijani folk songs, with one song in Spanish...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: October/2022
Valge Valgus
Flanders-born accordionist Hartwin Dhoore has been intimately involved with some of the most innovative and entertaining traditional-inspired music to emerge...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2022
Echo in the Valley
Although they've been married since 2009, Béla Fleck, the world's premier banjo player, and clawhammer banjo player and singer Abigail...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Afghan Rubab with Songbirds
Rahim Khushnawaz (c1947-2011) was one of the great rubab players of Afghanistan. But he comes from Herat rather than Kabul,...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2016
