Reviews
Allo, Balthazar?!
Ah, now this is a delight! The pairing of leading Gypsy jazz guitarist Romane and celebrated accordion player Eric Bouvelle...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2017
Music of Angola
Manuel Diogo mixes traditional and contemporary Angolan gospel music: he blends recognisable gospel sounds – from the harmonies of African...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2015
Po Śladach
The Janusz Prusinowski Kompania (formerly Trio) are the leaders of the Polish traditional revival. The title of this album, meaning...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: May/2019
Rumba con Flores
Eliane Correa & En el Aire Project
This young, classically trained pianist, composer and arranger shares her time between London, Barcelona and Havana, and her creative energies...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2016
Stargazer
Inspired by the expressionist paintings of Jack Butler Yeats (brother of the poet WB Yeats), Stargazer positions Ensemble Ériu as...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2017
Avant Folk
Frode Haltli is a classically trained Norwegian accordionist, accustomed to working in both folk and avant-garde music. On his latest...
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: July/2018
Arbina
Following her international debut album that was one of the greats of 2014, it's absolutely no bad state of affairs...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: November/2016
Tirana 100
Over the last half a century or so there have been many attempts to reveal ‘Europe’s unknown music,’ which usually...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: May/2021
Dedicated to the Bird We Love
Upon its release in 1970, this debut LP from Norwegian psychedelic-folk trio Oriental Sunshine was called by a reviewer in...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: March/2017
Don’t You Want To Go?
A superbly talented fiddle player from Kansas City, Missouri, and member of the acoustic bluegrass band The Wilders, Betse Ellis...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
