Reviews
Tautumeitas
Tautumeitas are a Latvian women's vocal sextet, with half the members with very capable sidelines in violin and accordion. They...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2019
La Route Intérieure
For 20 years, producer, composer and instrumentalist Xavier Demerliac has been creating concept albums as L’Attirail. His records are influenced...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2015
Beyond the Pale
Gather around the campfire… Bush Gothic have 12 tracks’ worth of tales to tell. Of convicts and cattle wranglers, miners...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: August/September/2022
I Am of Ireland: Yeats in Song
It’s been done before and often, but never with such silken, seductive charm as here. Readily lending themselves to music,...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2021
Lo Testament
In the UK, you’re unlikely to hear ancient music outside of interludes in Shakespeare's plays or themed medieval banquets. But...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Apr/May/2015
Ibibio Sound Machine
Given Nigeria's powerful musical tradition and the strong expat Nigerian community in the UK, it's perhaps surprising we haven't heard...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: Apr/May/2014
Cajun Accordion Kings (and the Queen)
Valcour Records is run by Joel Savoy – of the celebrated Savoy Family Cajun Band – and he does a...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: November/2017
Canción de Otoño
Pablo Milanés & José María Vitier
Now a long-term resident of Galicia, the legendary Cuban protest singer Pablo Milanés is content these days to croon about...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: October/2015
Little Bird
More incisive, searing social and political commentary revealing how folk music can speak as much for our times as it...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2020
