Reviews
The Butterfly
Teaming up with classical musicians has almost become a rite of passage for the accomplished traditional musician. Sometimes such collaborations...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: November/2019
Jasmine Flower
The Paris-based erhu (two-stringed fiddle) player Guo Gan is part of a burgeoning generation of traditional East Asian musicians who...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
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
Viento y Tiempo: Live at Blue Note Tokyo
Aymée Nuviola | Gonzalo Rubalcaba
In August 2019 the award-winning Cuban artists Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Aymée Nuviola teamed up to play six sold-out nights at...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2020
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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
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
Capture: 1995-2010
Love them or loathe them – and they do tend to polarise opinion – Afro Celt Sound System prompted a...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2010
