Reviews
World Ballads
This is the latest in Network’s usually excellent two-disc ‘longbox’ series. A decade or so ago, the similarly packaged Desert...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2010
Móntate en el Viaje
Wrapped in tacky artwork that recalls 80s über-novelty hit ‘Agadoo’, Móntate en el Viaje is the brainchild of Medellin’s Mauricio...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2013
Les Entrailles de la Montagne
Jean-François Bélanger is a French-Canadian composer and multi-instrumentalist. In recent years, he has focused on recording and releasing a ‘Nordic...
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: March/2019
Qalaq
Born in Beirut at the outset of a civil war that devastated his country and set the pattern for decades...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: December/2021
Cry, My Heart, Cry: Songs from Testimonies in the Fortunoff Video Archive, Vol 2
Zisl Slepovitch Ensemble & Sasha Lurje
This is a very unusual album recreating songs remembered and described by Holocaust survivors. The testimonies are taken from the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2022
Charge
Alumni of the folk music degree course at Newcastle University, this energetic five-piece make a very modern marriage of ceilidh...
Reviewed by Graeme Thomson in issue: Apr/May/2014
Do Not Be Afraid
London-based trio Vula Viel are a live sensation. Do Not Be Afraid is their second recorded release, following on from...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: March/2019
Attic Mornings
Her second full-length release, following 2014's crowd-funded Amber Sands, finds the Austrian-born, Sligo-based violinist and vocalist joined by Swedish percussionist...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2017
Sol: A Series of Reflections
From the very first track, ‘Call’, it's clear that in Sol, Joshua Hyde intends to deal more in atmospheres than...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Laru Beya
The influence of the late Andy Palacio runs through these dozen songs and for Aurelio Martinez, a guitarist, singer-songwriter and...
Reviewed by Sue Steward in issue: March/2011
