Reviews
The Hazel and Alice Sessions
Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands
Bluegrass veteran Laurie Lewis does her mentors proud with this 14-track tribute to the undisputed female heavyweight champions of the...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Lost and Found
The first Buena Vista-brand release in a long while, accompanying the live band's alleged final tour, this is a selection...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Apr/May/2015
One and All
For years The Fisherman’s Friends entertained their mates, holidaymakers and most of all themselves, by singing shanties every week in...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Up the Hill and Through the Fog
The COVID-19 pandemic exacted a particularly tough toll on The Slocan Ramblers. Bandmates Adrian Gross (mandolin) and Darryl Poulsen (guitar,...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2022
The Gloaming
Their live performances last summer positioned The Gloaming as one of the most exciting developments in Irish traditional music in...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: March/2014
Memories and Moments
Listening to Memories and Moments, Tim O’Brien and Darrell Scott’s much-anticipated follow-up to last year’s live album, We’re Usually a...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
The Guesthouse Sessions
Lockdown has proved a rich creative experience for the Belgian bal folk duo, diatonic accordionists Pascale Rubens and Toon Van...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: November/2021
Waterbound
The Norwich-based folk trio of Christina Alden, Alex Patterson and Noel Dashwood have been determinedly ‘homespun’ on their previous two...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2020
On Love and Science
Zulya and the Children of the Underground
Zulya Kamalova, an Australian singer and exponent of Tatar and Russian music, and her band of maestros have teamed up...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: November/2017
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
