Reviews
Feast Frost Bites
Pauls Hutchinson and Sartin return with a festive offering of carols and tunes to see us through yuletide. The result...
Reviewed by Andy Letcher in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Couteau / Haute Forme
Super Parquet command the confluence of Auvergnat folk, art and club music, creating their own unique sound flow. This follow-up...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2022
Pelerinaj
Vodou priest, actor, singer and choreographer Erol Josué spent two decades living in Paris and New York before returning home...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2022
Ruminantia
From their beginnings as an enjoyable, slightly quirky, folk-inflected early music band, Horses Brawl have developed into a very different...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: July/2012
Beginners Guide To Brass
You name it, Nascente has a compilation out celebrating it. Now the veteran UK label has given the brass band...
Reviewed by Lemez Lovas in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Gamelan of Java Volume One: Kraton Kasunanan
Not content with overseeing Felmay's series of recordings, John Noise Manis – aka the Italian composer Giovanni Sciarrino (manis is...
Reviewed by John Whitfield in issue: July/2010
An Introduction to Ewan MacColl
Ewan MacColl was hugely important in the folk revival of the mid-20th century. He worked first in radical theatre, acting...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2018
American Folk Fantasies Vol 1: Oysters Ice Cream Lemonade
Dick Connette doesn't see music in terms of white and black, urban or rural, folk or funk, blues or country....
Reviewed by Gerald Seligman in issue: October/2017
Chai Party
Alya Marquardt & The Shamash Ensemble
The first thing that grabs you on this album is the voice. Haunting and full of subtle modulation with an...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2015
Consonnances
Tri Nguyen & The Ilios Quartet
In zither master Tri Nguyen, Vietnam has a fine ambassador for its traditional music. This recording has a clearly defined...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2015
