Reviews
Voices of Ashkenaz
This is a fascinating recording that evolved out of the Yiddish Summer Weimar festival, which unites serious Jewish music research...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2017
Lament in a Deep Style
Christopher King is a collector of music from Epirus, the rugged northwestern Greek territory. He has compiled four previous CDs,...
Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: November/2018
Fitxadu
It has been quite a while since we last heard of Sara Tavares. Due to health problems, the Portuguese singer...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: April/2018
Over Fields and Mountains
Over Fields and Mountains is one of those ‘lost’ or ‘outsider’ records that contains the sound of surprise. The late...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: May/2022
Roots
North Carolina fiddler Andrew Finn Magill makes a convincing bid for wider recognition with Roots, the first in a projected...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Untold Things
Jocelyn Pook’s glittering musical career has won her praise and awards in the pop and classical worlds; she has film...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Volume 1
Having played together on various projects over the last few years, it was maybe inevitable that harmonica whizz Will Pound...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: May/2023
Tudo
The artist formerly known as Joyce has been recording for over 40 years. Antonio Carlos Jobim has called her ‘one...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: July/2013
Fabian Holland
The real challenge of folk music in a post-industrial society is how to make it relevant. Fabian Holland is a...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
