Reviews
Big Like This
When Corrina Hewat and David Milligan boldly launched this folk big-band back in 2003 they recruited a Who’s Who of...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: March/2011
Turning Back
It's not often that a Middle Eastern CD comes along for review that is jointly sponsored by the Norwegian Ministry...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: July/2015
Clear Skies
For the follow-up to their largely mellow and laidback 2012 debut, Open the Door for Three, Belfast trio Réalta have...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
RDS-202
KermesZ à l'Est are not only the wildest Balkan band in Belgium, but probably on the planet. I first encountered...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2020
The Deepest Breath
2020’s Solas an Lae saw Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin striking away from his Skipper’s Alley roots in the company of Ultan...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: January/February/2023
Pondelorum
Long celebrated as the founder of Irish traditional group Kíla, Eoin Dillon's lyrical uilleann pipe and whistle playing provides the...
Reviewed by Rachel Cunniffe in issue: March/2017
Nouvelle Calédonie: Voix des Rivages et des Montagnes
Music from New Caledonia – a little-known French colony in Melanesia, midway between Fiji and Australia – is, well, little...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2010
Babani Koné
I'm always wary when I read that an artist wants to ‘broaden their audience’ and make an ‘international’ album –...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: March/2020
