Reviews
En Vivo en el Norte: In Concert
Fifteen years have flown by since Scottish musician Toby Shippey and a group of Edinburgh-based musician friends began fusing Latin...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: July/2010
Every Bird that Flies
‘The Fall’ begins in paradise: lying on the ground on a summer's day, and a child running about. Suddenly there's...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Salamander
Salamander boasts not one but two conflagration– related tunes. The title-track was written by Bellevue Rendezvous’ fiddle player, Gavin Marwick,...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Apr/May/2010
Sport and Play
This is an austere and sparse collection of ballads from the fresh¬faced young singer, guitarist and fiddler who picked up...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Pasif.ist
On first listen it would be impossible to identify this debut, full-length release from New Zealand harpist and composer Natalia...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: June/2013
20
Kate Rusby joined her parents’ ceilidh band while she was still a child so was a seasoned performer when her...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Beginner’s Guide to Cumbia
Cumbia is one o f Colombia’s greatest exports, spreading like wildfire throughout the Americas from the 1960s onwards. Back in...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: March/2011
From Istanbul to Ceuta with a Smile
This album would be great to listen to in a battered, grand old taxi speeding along some dusty road in...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: July/2013
Maloya Power
Lindigo were the talk of the recent Australasian World Music Expo (AWME), where their show-stopping turn prompted double-takes from seasoned...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2012
