Reviews
Looking for a Fight
The Sweetback Sisters are harkening back to the earliest decades of the American recording and radio casting industry when ‘sister’...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2012
Empire & Love
The Imagined Village began not so much as a band but a concept – melding multi-cultural Britain with its folk...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2010
Wild Blue Yonder
The knowingly kitsch cover says it all really: a trio of country musicians aboard a covered wagon, flying like Santa's...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2016
Tall Ships and Tavern Tales
This double album of songs from their two-part stage show of the same name is described by Devon’s self-styled ‘original...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: July/2022
Help My Brother
For a couple of gifted instrumentalists, Eric (banjo) and Leigh Gibson (guitar) have honed their naturally nasal vocal registers into...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2011
Havana Night Sessions at Abdala Studios
Of all the mash-ups in all the world, this Romani-Cuban musical summit had to happen one day. And it was...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2017
December Moon
If you’ve a weak spot for sweet vocal harmonies, pop hooks and a soft musical bedding-down in the folk traditions...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2013
LL25
There are 16 musicians supporting The London Lasses in celebrating their 25 years together on LL25, a generous 14-track album...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: August/September/2023
Inventory
A decade after forming for a one-off concert at the 2014 Vieilles Charrues Festival, The Celtic Social Club marks a...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: February/March/2025
Engrained
A purist’s delight. This is a debut album from a quartet of English fiddlers, all with firm reputations on the...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: January/2026
