Reviews
Tabhair Mo Ghrá Go Conamara (Bring My Love to Connemara)
I doubt there will be a more evocative, or valuable, Irish traditional music disc released this year than this spellbinding...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
So Long at the Fair
Janelle studied the cello before heading into the worlds of improvised music, contemporary dance and traditional folk, and the Ottawa...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2014
Revolutionary Minds
Zephaniah may be best known as a poet but, over the years, he's made occasional albums marrying dub and reggae...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2017
Strictly Roots
If you’re looking for a contemporary reggae album that stays strictly to roots, look elsewhere. Roots has punch, and exists...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Na Estrada
Bel Air de Forro are a new France-based outfit, a trio of Brazilian singer Mariana Caetano, fellow Brazilian Marcelo Costa...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Tarantism
With a name reminiscent of The Incredible String Band you might be expecting psychedelic folk played on a variety of...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: May/2023
All Soundings are True
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Garth Knox
All Soundings are True picks up, in part, where Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh's sparse, raw-edged, minimalist 2014 solo offering Music for...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2017
On the Lonesome Plain
As the son of world-renowned Irish folk singer Liam Clancy, the apple hasn't fallen far from the tree for this...
Reviewed by Rachel Cunniffe in issue: October/2018
Flor di Bila
Cape Verdean musicians tend to go down one of two paths: one of interpretation, set on preserving musical forms from...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: March/2014
