Reviews
Innocent Road
Hitting the ‘play’ button is like cranking up a time machine set to Grand Ole Oprycirca 1960. The easy-chugging strains...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2017
Amarrate!
Amarrate! loosely translates as ‘Buckle Up!’ and this latest release by award-winning outfit Soneros de Verdad certainly takes listeners on...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Peggy's Dream
Martin Hayes & The Common Ground Ensemble
Lovers of The Gloaming will be expecting the best from Clare fiddler extraordinaire Martin Hayes and the Common Ground Ensemble,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2023
Hämärä
If you see the name Eero Grundström (Sväng, Suistamon Sähkö) on any release, go for it. It’ll be a bit...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: November/2023
Timba a la Americana
No messing around for Harold López-Nussa; it's all courses served at once with ‘Funky’, an irrepressible display of groove and...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: October/2023
Vision of Three
In 2017 Swedish viola d’amore player Anna Ekborg Hans-Ers started to realise her dream of establishing a string trio grounded...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: April/2024
Traditional Singing from Dublin
Macdara Yeates has played no small part in platforming a new generation of Irish folk singers via his stewardship of...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: November/2024
Remains to Be Scene
Not every bluegrass album starts with a cover of Ray Davies’ ‘Last of the Steam-Powered Trains’. But that’s part of...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2025
Sargal
Ali Boulo Santo Cissoko & Volker Goetze
In 2023, the New York-based trumpeter/producer Volker Goetze and Senegalese kora master Ali Boulo Santo Cissoko teamed up with flamenco...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: September/2025
