Reviews
Louder Than Words
After playing together as The Henry Girls for more than a decade, sisters Karen, Lorna and Joleen McLaughlin from County...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: July/2014
Route & Roots
Lebanese-born singer-songwriter Abaji is now based in France but draws his music from a wide range of sources, following his...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: June/2016
Guitar Solo: Universo Musical de Egberto Gismonti
Daniel Murray, a highly regarded Brazilian guitarist, has here put together a well-balanced tribute to the legendary Egberto Gismonti –...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: December/2019
The Angel's Share
The angels surely look down kindly on mellifluous fiddle and guitar parts, and on mournful tunes pulled up by the...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2016
Live at WOMEX Budapest
Ágnes Herczku and her band, led by Nikola Parov, are standout musicians on the Hungarian folk scene, and their album...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2016
Balkan Projekt
Cimbaliband are one of Hungary's great party bands. As their name suggests, the hammered cimbalom, as played by Balázs Unger,...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2018
Blazing/Freezing
This impish New York trio venerate the innovations of Bill Monroe while simultaneously shattering the music he pioneered into tiny...
Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: July/2023
Pod Obločkom
Ondrej Druga is a Slovakian accordionist and he and his ‘friends’ are devotees of the richest area of folk music...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2023
Sometime Between Now and Never
Punchy Balkan brass, bubbling dub rhythms and piquant punk guitar riffs jostle joyously on this first offering from Montréal-based Dumai...
Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: September/2024
