Reviews
Deuawd
Cass Meurig and Nial Cain are based in Gwynedd, North Wales, but come from quite different musical backgrounds. Meurig is...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Like Nightingales in the Spring
The north Albanian town of Shkodër, lying between lake and mountains, embraces multiple cultures and histories. While it was still...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2023
Compassion
Lama Lobsang Palden and Jim Becker
Jim Becker, a Chicago-based musician, and Lama Lobsang Palden, a Tibetan yoga teacher and healer now living in the US,...
Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: November/2020
Where From Here
Comprising the fiddle of Graham Mackenzie, the pipes and whistles of David Shedden, and the guitar of Innes White, talented...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: May/2023
Alagbe
If it wasn't for the laidback, Portuguese vocals, you'd be convinced that this album came direct from Africa. In fact,...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: April/2019
Pinnacle Ridge
Each musician in this trio is supremely talented and plays with the sensitivity and virtuosity one would expect from highly...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: December/2019
Quebra-Cabeça
Four albums in and the juggernaut that is São Paulo's Bixiga 70 powers on with added conviction. Since their debut,...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: December/2018
Working Hands
Shetland Islander Jenna Reid is often seen involved with Blazin' Fiddles and fiddle quartet Rant, but here she has regrouped...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: May/2019
Ufulu 1991-1997
In urgent need of a bucketful of wholesome joy with none of the risks of eternal damnation? Katawa Singers have...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2020
Deliverance
It's five years since the first Nordic Fiddlers Bloc album. Since then they have endeared themselves to audiences with their...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: June/2016
