Reviews
Small Island Big Song
A little idea that's grown into a large project, Small Island Big Song is the brainchild of Australian sound producer...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: November/2018
Six Days in Down
Bob Brozman, John McSherry & Dónal O'Connor
Interviewing John McSherry earlier this year, the Belfast-born uilleann piper waxed both lyrically and enthusiastically about a recording session that...
Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Interior
Who said musicians had to stick to one art form? Not the fabulous Rosa Anschütz, a Berlin-based creative – or...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2024
Soundshades
This is an intriguing album with moments of genuine excitement, beauty and ingenuity. Soundshades is the first recording from Yaron...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Constant Companion
Cunning folk were – are – people of wisdom, practitioners of folk medicine and magic. Here, though, Cunning Folk is...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2019
Hanggai Big Band Brass 2019
Hanggai have been performing interpretations of traditional music from both Inner Mongolia in China (where they hail from) and the...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: December/2019
Ormenion
I loved this disc. It brings to the fore the lively musical traditions that straddle the border of northern Greece,...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: June/2020
Origines
For his second full-length album, Marseille-based urban poet Ahamada Smis has pointed his musical compass towards the country of his...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Apr/May/2014
Mae ’na Olau
Siân James, Gwyneth Glyn, Meinir Gwilym and Gwenan Gibbard first sang together five years ago, and after recording five songs...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/February/2023
