Reviews
Kissin’ is the Best of A’
Bruce MacGregor, Christine Hanson & Friends
It's been ten years since fiddler MacGregor and cellist Hanson collaborated on 101 Reasons to do Nothing and Kissin’ is...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Apr/May/2012
One for the Pot
All music begins with the human voice, and The Teacups’ success is borne out of their trust in a pure...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Apr/May/2014
The Space Between
For their new inter-Celtic album, the five-piece Mabon, led by the accordion and voice of Jamie Smith, enlisted Jim Moray...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2016
Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Between 1972 and 1997, The Penguin Cafe Orchestra cut a unique and much¬loved swathe through that musical realm where folk,...
Reviewed by Tim Camming in issue: October/2010
Afro Futuristic Dreams
Ever since the Strut label resurrected their career, Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids have produced some of the most compelling...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2023
Portraits 30
The Meto Brothers Band | The Sowa Musical Dynasty of Piątkowa
Polish Radio's series of releases called MuzykaZródel (Sources of Polish Folk Music) are a superb introduction to the country's regional...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2015
Hues of Imagination
Melisa Yıldırım & Swarupa Ananth
This is a remarkable duo of Anatolian fiddle with Indian tabla percussion. Melisa Yıldırım plays an Azeri-style bowed kamancha with...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2023
Skorsa: The Riddle of the Earth
Limpid and lyrical, Susan Grace Bates’ debut album features sympathetic and understated arrangements set around her mastery of the clarsach,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2015
The Far Side of the Glen
Derek McGinley & Tara Connaghan
From the opening notes of The Far Side of the Glen, if you know anything about Irish fiddle music you’ll...
Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: July/2013
We Know Where the Time Goes
Cut and paste is part and parcel of modern culture. What William S Burroughs did with print in the 1950s,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2012
