Reviews
The Call
In the two years since the release of their duo debut, The Queen's Lover, guitarist Russell and fiddle-player Algar have...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2014
Mongolia: Chants Diphonique et Instruments Traditionels
Chinbat Baasankhuu & Bayarbaatar Davaasuren
Recorded by the composer, lecturer and ornithologist Bernard Fort in Mongolia and Lyon, this disc features two top professional musicians...
Reviewed by Rachel Harris in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
In the Air or the Earth
Ancient ballads from the crossroads of life, death, fate and fortune, and equally antique dance tunes – you can almost...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Aqui
This is Carla Pires’ third solo album, though she has notched up many other achievements in a career that stretches...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: December/2016
When I Was A Lad
Serial folk award-nominees Megson, otherwise known as husband and wife duo Stu and Debbie Hanna, took a break from music...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2012
Promenade
John Wright was an English musician living in France, with a particular interest in the jaw harp, an instrument known...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: May/2025
Tirakat
It’s not often we come across an album that purports to explore the longstanding cultural traffic between Indonesia and the...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2026
CuCuLand
A suitably theatrical spoken word overture – clinking glasses, a call for silencio, the tap of heels and the flare...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2010
Blackhouse
Taking inspiration from the present and the future, Blackhouse is an energetic and exciting album from the Peatbogs and shows...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
