Reviews
A Beginner’s Guide
Readers of Songlines will already be familiar with Jim Moray’s latest CD, In Modern History, which was pre¬released with the...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2010
A Glint O’ Scottish Fiddle
Co-founder of Breabach Patsy Reid is one of the finest fiddle players working the Scottish scene today. A Glint O’...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: April/2018
Icelandic Folk Songs Volume 3: Persian Path
If Ásgeir Ásgeirsson does something, you simply have to take notice. This renowned Icelandic musician has a thirst for new...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: March/2021
Anarchy & Romance
OK, this is really wacky. But then, what else did you expect from the impish German DJ who set Euro...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Meeting of Hearts
Based on the cover alone, you might assume that Meeting of Hearts was something to do with a Jewish self-help...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Caboclo
As a high-profile singer-songwriter with his own TV show, the French-born, Brazil-raised Pierre Aderne would seem to be living proof...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: March/2015
About Time
It is indeed about time Northumbrian Piper Andy May, guitarist Ian Stephenson and fiddler Sophy Ball did the decent thing...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: December/2015
Tall Tales & Misadventures
Album number three from the Irish five-piece Goitse (the name is an informal Irish greeting, meaning ‘come here’) follows 2012's...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: March/2015
Last Evenings on Earth
‘World fusion’ bands often don’t do much fusing at all. Instead, they might have some ska numbers, an Éthiopiques-style track...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: July/2016
Goitse a Thaisce
A trip down memory lane, Goitse a Thaisce(Come Here, My Darling) is also a clarion call to the uninitiated to...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2021
