Reviews
The Maniacs
Old English tunes and young English players have been making hay over the past few years with the likes of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2020
Calypso Travels
Lord Invader & His Calypso Group
One of three initial releases in the Smithsonian Folkways Vinyl Reissue Series, Calypso Travels features native Trinidadian Lord Invader (born...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2020
Mielo
Maria Kalaniemi & Eero Grundström
It's hard to get beyond the first track ‘Erämorsian’ (Wildwood Bride). I play it again and again, caught up in...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2020
Songs of Separation
The star-studded folk ensemble has become a staple of both stage and CD – witness the likes of The Full...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2016
Time Was Away
Portman and Harbron are, in their different ways, leading lights of contemporary English folk – Portman as a singer, songwriter...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/February/2023
Días Felices
No wonder artists and dreamers gravitate to the American south-west in search of landscapes, inspiration and spirit-reviving experiences. For all...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2017
Meu Único Medo É Primavera
After a brief opener in which the Paulistano musician intones the album's title four times to the sole accompaniment of...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2023
Tants Caps, Tants Joguets
‘Everybody fancies a nice pork pie,’ claims the chorus of ‘Tiny Kitchen’, sung by a duo of guest vocalists known...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
