Reviews
Les Voix du Vent Avec Cordes et Piano
Le Vent du Nord, Le Quatuor Trad, Philippe Prud’homme
The title tells what’s different here for Le Vent du Nord, multi-winners of Canadian Folk Music Awards since their formation...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: November/2023
Avant Folk Triptyk
Norwegian accordionist Frode Haltli’s third Avant Folk outing has a change of record label, from Hubro to Jazzland, retaining a...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: November/2023
Halocline
What a blessing that we’ve come into a time of celebration and experimentation for the humble Scottish smallpipes and border...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: July/2024
New World, Lonely Ride
Michael Grigoni & Pan•American
New World, Lonely Ride is the debut of guitar-centric original music by Michael Grigoni & Pan•American. Drawing on elements of...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2025
Home
Here’s an interesting oddity. A group of African musicians sing in a makeshift studio on the banks of Lake Malawi,...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: June/2022
Three of Us
This is the second album released by The Secret Trio, the follow-up to Soundscapes in 2012. The New York-based band...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: June/2018
Deliverance
It's five years since the first Nordic Fiddlers Bloc album. Since then they have endeared themselves to audiences with their...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: June/2016
Roll Me, Tumble Me
The Deadly Gentlemen sport a thoroughbred bluegrass line-up of guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin and double bass, and are fronted by...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Gakondo
This is the fifth album from Canada-based Jacques ‘Popo’ Muri-gande, a singer and guitarist from Rwanda born in a Burundian...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2012
