Reviews
Fair Warning
Kami Thompson and James Walbourne's first release on Island's Pink Label imprint, once home to the likes of Fairport Convention,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Ministry of Carnival
It seems as though every month, if not every week, there is another take on Gypsy music through Western ears....
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: July/2012
Daou Don Dãns
Visitors to Brittany are almost certain to encounter a bagad, the bagpipe, drum and bombarde(shawm) bands through which, since the...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2016
Thulth
Tamer Abu Ghazaleh plays a unique role in the Arabic music world. Based in Cairo, he is a Palestinian multi-instrumentalist...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: November/2016
Little Hinges
Structured in two parts, Qristina and Quinn Bachand's third album finds the Canadian siblings on a mission to broaden the...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: November/2015
Roots
North Carolina fiddler Andrew Finn Magill makes a convincing bid for wider recognition with Roots, the first in a projected...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Amber Sands
An Ireland-based, Austrian-born fiddle player and composer, Schwab's solo debut comes after globe-hopping collaborations with the likes of Austrian string...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2014
El Mirador
Since their first album 25 years ago, the duo of Joey Burns and John Convertino have carved out a niche...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2022
Washington Phillips and His Manzarene Dreams
What’s appealingly apparent in the opening moments of this album’s first track, recorded 91 years ago, is that the instrument...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: May/2018
Eyes on the Rise
From the seductive opening bars of ‘Chop It Up,‘ an African rumba-hued acoustic guitar and vocal cut that kicks off...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2023
