Reviews
So Calypso!
After the triumph of 2016's Far From Home, which went platinum in France and won her the Artist of the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2018
Anthologie du Patrimoine Phonographique Breton 1925-1960
This is a tribute to a forgotten pioneer of the post-war rebirth of Breton music: Hermann Wolf, who made some...
Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: December/2017
Rise
A music teacher and luthier, as well as a songwriter based in Portsmouth and with roots in Merthyr, South Wales,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2022
El Carretero
It's not often that an album comes along with an opening track so compelling it begs several listens before you...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: December/2019
Ingen Hverdag
The Valkyrien Allstars have been big news in the Norwegian folk scene in recent years, winning awards for their feisty...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: June/2012
Two
The attractive mix of traditional Scots and Irish tunes and songs makes up the body of Crawford and Palm's new...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Sin Limite
El Travieso is the nom de plume of one Candido Fabre Martinez. He's the son of Candido Fabre Sr, who...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Apr/May/2015
The Wax Cylinder Recordings
The reign of the wax cylinder was very short – a mere 20 years around the turn of the last...
Reviewed by Michael Church in issue: June/2017
Mariachi Beat
Mexico City's Los De Abajo first made an impression when David Byrne signed them to his Luaka Bop label. The...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
