Reviews
First Farewell
This is a remarkable album by a singersongwriter, multi-instrumentalist, activist and writer who grows more impressive as the years go...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: May/2021
Deeyah Presents: Iranian Woman
One of the most interesting untold stories (outside Iran) of music after the 1979 revolution is the emergence of an...
Reviewed by Laudan Nooshin in issue: Apr/May/2014
Tanbou TouJou Lou
What a superb compilation this is. Record detective Vik Sohonie has worked as a veteran researcher, writer and editor at...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: November/2016
Gross National Happiness
Earlier in 2017 the Edinburgh-based nine-piece band Orkestra del Sol revealed that after 14 successful years, this would be their...
Reviewed by Tutku Barbaros in issue: October/2017
AMzer: Seasons
No one could dispute that Breton musician Alan Stivell almost single-handedly revived global interest in the Breton harp and, indeed,...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
The Peacock's Feathers
Established stars in their native Germany, five-piece Fleadh's last album, 2013's The Cleggan Bay Disaster, was festooned with awards, picking...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: March/2016
Dori Freeman
Dori Freeman is a singer-songwriter from the town of Galax, Virginia – a tiny place in the Appalachian mountains and...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2016
The Devil Makes Three
Twelfth Day, comprising Catriona Price on fiddle and vocals and Esther Swift on pedal harp, clarsach harp and vocals, have...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2014
Keys
What a magical mix of thrumming and twanging strings, imaginative songwriting and improvisational prowess is Keys, the debut album by...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2021
Fiesta Gitana con Camarón y sus Amigos
Camarón de la Isla was the superstar of post-war flamenco – he had the looks of Mick Jagger, lifestyle of...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2015
