Reviews
El Sentido del Aire
Flamenco guitarist Juan Carmona has created yet another beautiful and exciting disc, full of ideas and imagination. Carmona's way of...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: June/2010
Dear Sister
The 59-year-old singer, songwriter, session vocalist and bandleader Claire Lynch recently signed with Compass Records after a long 18 years...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2013
Dúchas
Button accordionist O'Reilly stays close to home in his first solo outing on disc with material drawn from his native...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: May/2020
Changeable Heart
Notman first hit the folk scene back in 2007 with her debut, Threads, leading to a nomination for the BBC...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2019
Wake the Union
The latest album from Devon duo Steve Knightleyand Phil Beer exhibits their trademark concern for making folk music speak to...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Lament in a Deep Style
Christopher King is a collector of music from Epirus, the rugged northwestern Greek territory. He has compiled four previous CDs,...
Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: November/2018
Tamburising: Lost Music of the Balkans
The tamburica, which comes in various shapes and sizes that may resemble a guitar, a long-necked mandolin, or a bass...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Unzip the Horizon
Unzip the Horizon is a remarkable document for many reasons. First and foremost there is Moira Smiley's voice, which commands...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2018
nOUD
Antranig Kzirian is theoudplayer, a Philadelphia-born musician of Armenian extraction who has learned his craft from members of his country's...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: May/2018
