Reviews
Ambiance Argile
Maël Salètes is a French musician who has enjoyed an intriguing and far-reaching career. He learned to play the djeli...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: August/2024
One Night String Band Vol One
Old Spot, Jeri Foreman & Ruth Eliza
The story of how One Night String Band came together is worth recounting. Because of gig conflicts, two old-time duos...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2024
Festival Bell
Umpteen albums have come and gone since the original Fairport line-up started playing West Coast pop covers in 1967. As...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2011
Beginner’s Guide to Celtic
How do you avoid the inevitable clichés of ‘Celticness’? This three-CD beginner's compilation has set itself an unenviable task. BBC...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Apr/May/2011
Wavelength
Bene & Cormac are Glaswegian fiddler Benedict Morris, newly anointed as BBC Radio Scotland's Young Traditional Musician of the Year,...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: May/2019
Mersi
Réunionese singersongwriter Christine Salem should really be a huge international star by now. But despite a clutch of solid releases...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2021
Siyalapha
While this is only Laliboi's second record under his own name, the South African multi-instrumentalist and rapper is by no...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: August/September/2023
Vainaan Perua: Satavuotinen Sakka
There’s a fascinating premise behind this new release from Finnish folk violinist Emilia Lajunen, the title of which translates as...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: December/2023
Cantano Gli Ucci
Mascarimirì like to say they were born in a Salento ‘not yet touristic’ and out of the union ‘between tradition...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: May/2024
