Reviews
Tunes from the Backyard
Eva Deivert, from Värmland in Sweden, is a long-standing and highly respected fiddle player in Sweden's folk scene. Her passion...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: October/2016
La Tradition Américaine
La Tradition Américaine is the second album by The Blue Dahlia, a pan-Atlantic project led by Brooklyn-born singer-songwriter and ukulele...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2018
Bullinn
Bullinn is the third album from the Norwegian Hardanger fiddler (and prize-winning fiddle maker) Ottar Kåsa, jazz musician Mattis Kleppen...
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
The River
The River is Napier's first solo album, and a rather intriguing and exciting one it is too. Napier is a...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: June/2016
Francesita
‘Francesita’ is one of several pieces on this fine double album composed by Enrique Delfino, the now near-forgotten pioneer of...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Ave Africa
The 1970s were the time for dance bands in East Africa, but Sunburst certainly weren’t ten-a-penny. They gained a reputation...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2016
Hope
Soweto Gospel Choir have hit on a winning formula that has brought them three Grammys and performances before president Obama...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: December/2022
The Village Out West: The Lost Tapes of Alan Oakes
This two-CD compilation broadens the historical scope of the American folk revival of the 1960s to include the San Francisco...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: January/February/2022
Este Fado
When in doubt about a new fado voice, look for Carlos do Carmo’sendorsement. If his name shows up in a...
Reviewed by Gongalo Frota in issue: July/2012
Paley & Son
Octogenarian Tom Paley was a member of the New Lost City Ramblers, one of the pioneering American folk revival bands...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
