Reviews
The Boréales Sound of Northern Europe
This five-piece fiddle band from Norway got together a dozen years ago, meeting when most of them were studying at...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2012
Marchez Noir
Amazigh Kateb, who was the lead singer of Gnawa Diffusion, has turned down the rock from his old group and...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: March/2010
Slow Dance, Square Dance, Barn Dance
Slow Dance, Square Dance, Barn Dance delivers straight up traditional bluegrass balladry and honky-tonk crooning with authentic aplomb. Canadian-based, The...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: August/September/2022
Tangled Country
Fans of the softer, gentler end of the Americana spectrum will be drawn to Tangled Country, the fourth album by...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2016
Alento
The Portuguese accordion quartet Danças Ocultas describe their instrument of choice as a ‘dream machine’. Ever since they got together...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Small Island Big Song
A little idea that's grown into a large project, Small Island Big Song is the brainchild of Australian sound producer...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: November/2018
Banda Dois
Having quit formal politics and swapped President Lula and Brasilia for a return to the international circuit, Gil presents us...
Reviewed by Sue Steward in issue: July/2010
Fringe Music
A trio of Norwegian jazz instrumentalists took a road trip in the Appalachian mountains; this whip-smart, virtuosic album of improvised...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Apr/May/2015
Six Days in Down
Bob Brozman, John McSherry & Dónal O'Connor
Interviewing John McSherry earlier this year, the Belfast-born uilleann piper waxed both lyrically and enthusiastically about a recording session that...
Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
In Which
Alex Cumming, Kate Locksley, Rosie Calvert and Will Finn met in 2010 on the Folk and Traditional Music degree course...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2021
