Áššu (Ulla Pirttijärvi, Harald Skullerud & Olav Torget)
If joik was a person, it'd be the type who could turn up at any house party and somehow find...
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: June/2019
The harpist Rachel Hair, weary of the angelic associations of her instrument, determined with her third album to reveal another...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2012
Ten Drum is a young Taiwanese percussion group. At first you might compare the troupe to the taiko ensembles of...
Reviewed by Barak Schmool in issue: October/2011
Martyn Bennett, a native of St Johns, Newfoundland, who grew up in Speyside with his mother, the singer and folklorist...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2012
SKÁLD take their name from the Norse balladeers who told tales of gods and men in the medieval past. The...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: December/2020
The opening track of this CD will need some explanation. There’s a snatch of the Monty Python theme tune on...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Following on the heels of its Psychedelic Anadolu selection from 2017, legendary Turkish label Uzelli has come out with a...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: May/2020
Supposedly Alasdair Roberts is a human male born in the 1970s, raised in central Scotland and a resident of Glasgow...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2010
Tatavla was a neighbourhood in Istanbul where the Greek-speaking community once performed a great deal of music, especially that of...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2018
In Brussels, Rebel Up! is a promoter, record label and DJ team, as well as being general champions of global...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: January/2021
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