Reviews
Dot the Dragon's Eyes
The surest vindication of the praise bestowed on Cassel by the Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser is the final track of...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
The Janus Game
Two stalwarts of the English folk scene come together on The Janus Game. The rousing title-track sets the scene with...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: April/2017
Sunshine Seas
The prolific conservatory-trained musical polymath from Queens, New York is back with another new project. Quite apart from countless sessions...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: July/2016
Alchemy
Having first discovered medieval and Renaissance melodies at the age of four through her recorder playing, then taken up the...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: December/2017
Avo Kanto
Barcelona Gypsy Balkan Orchestra
There's a very international line-up to this ‘orchestra,’ with membership hailing from geographically distant areas from Spain to Ukraine –...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: June/2018
Ansema We Stand
You know you can trust a double bassist whose mentors have included the Italian jazz bassist Giovanni Tommaso and the...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: June/2021
L'Oiseau du Ciel
Congolese music has for many years been struggling to re-establish its position as one of the most potent of contemporary...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: April/2017
Waa Dardaaran
Sahra Halgan is a powerful and entertaining singer for whom life has never been easy. For a start, she comes...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: March/2020
Chasing Sparks
Fine instrumentalists such as the fiddler Jeremy Kittel will sound good even when the material they're playing isn't quite worthy...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: June/2010
Last Night's Joy
Renowned for his lightness of touch and sweetness of sound, Co Louth fiddler Gerry O'Connor has been a major presence...
Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: March/2019
