Reviews
The Polska of the Devil and the Parson
On the evidence of this disc Piia Kleemola is a very fine fiddler. The album has grown out of her...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Svod: Traditional Songs from Serbia and the Balkans
Bilja Krstic & Bistrik Orchestra
ARC Music is developing into one of the foremost record labels releasing new Balkan recordings – having issued excellent efforts...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: April/2017
Auprès du Poêle
The second album from the spirited Prince Edward Island-based acoustic power trio Ten Strings And A Goat Skin sees them...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2016
Black Voices Revisited
Released in 1999, two years after the death of Fela Kuti, whose band was fired for so long by Allen's...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2011
Pingue-Pongue
Paulo Bellinati & Cristina Azuma
Though little of it reaches our shores, there's a great deal more to Brazilian music than bossa nova and 1970s-style...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Exploring Gong Culture in Southeast Asia: Massif and Archipelago
Sound artist and archivist Yasuhiro Morinaga records found sounds and music from around the globe. Recently, he turned his attention...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: July/2022
Remembered in Exile: Songs and Ballads from Nova Scotia
Màiri Morrison & Alasdair Roberts with Pete Johnston
The second album from this Scottish duo brings the two to the Scottish folk songs of Cape Breton in Eastern...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: June/2025
Alafia
You wait 15 years for a new Sidi Touré album and then, like a fleet of bush taxis, three come...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Jean Claude Vannier Et Son Orchestre de Mandolines
Jean Claude Vannier Et Son Orchestre de Mandolines
Now here’s an unusual, quirky and charming instrumental set from a French composer with a deserved cult following in the...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: February/March/2025
A Collection of Songs in the Traditional & Sean-Nós Style
Drawn from several generations of unaccompanied traditional singers, these are freshly recorded and collected, aside from Rosie Stewart’s ‘Jug of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2023
