Reviews
Steer by the Stars
As one of the strongest live acts on the trad scene for the last couple of decades, and following the...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Good Times of Old England
Span are still a touring and recording band, like their 70s folk-rock compatriots Fairport, and a good portion of their...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: August/September/2022
Sandkorn
She’s a proud guardian of the Norwegian tradition, but unswerving creativity, dedication and innovation areundoubtedly qualities that earned Sigrid Moldestad...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Baladi Blues Reloaded
Baladi music lies at the root of Arab pop music. It's a popular Egyptian style that developed during the 1920s,...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Deixaas
Mercedes Peon's exploratory lyricism, manic multi-instrumentalism, dynamic live shows, and even her punky cropped hair, have lent Galician folk an...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Cumbia Cumbia
This album invites the question: do we need to recycle the already recycled? The tip-top material here of ever-popular cumbia...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Apr/May/2012
They Will Have to Kill Us First: Original Soundtrack
The debut film from director Johanna Schwartz, They Will Have to Kill Us First, was released in 2015 and compellingly...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2016
Caricias
Slovenian singer-songwriter Katja Šulc’s career began in 2008 with a homage to Mila Kačič, a poet celebrated in her homeland,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2021
L’amour Fou
It’s been 50 years, incredibly, since Françoise Hardy’s first single introduced a demurely beautiful Parisienne to the top ranks of...
Reviewed by Phil Sweeney in issue: June/2013
Caçador de Infância
Grazie Wirtti & Matias Arriazu
ECM's Carmo imprint is named after the birthplace of one of the parent company's most prolific artists, Egberto Gismonti. After...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
