Reviews
Bonfrost
When they got together in 2009 The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc were something of a curiosity: three outstanding string players from...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: March/2021
Late Junction Sessions: Unpopular Music
This intriguing collection of recordings was put together by BBC Radio 3's Late Junction programme, and it serves as fine...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: November/2016
Kosher Nostra: Jewish Gangsters Greatest Hits
If the brilliant DJ Shantel had called this My Biggest Fattest Jewish Wedding Ever then it might end up selling...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
London Stories
Maciek Pysz (from Poland) and Gianluca Corona (from Italy) first played together in 2012, at an East London jam session....
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: November/2017
¡Vamos a Guarachar!
David Byrne injected irony into cumbia. Argentina's shanty-town bands injected sleaze and spunk. Now, Tucson's Orkesta Mendoza have taken Latin...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Sweet Visitor
She's got a pedigree going back to two superb albums with Eliza Carthy in the early 90s, and with partner...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Manushan
Manushan is named after a legendary mountain in Iran near the Caspian Sea where, according to folklore, nomadic Gypsies from...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: August/2017
The Spirit of the Mountains
Trebunie-Tutki & Quintet Urmuli
The Trebunie-Tutki are Poland's best-known band playing traditional podhale (highland) music, but they are also famed for their reggae fusions...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2017
The Hard Working Men
Irish trad duo Ispíní na hÉireann have always taken a unique tack when it comes to self-promotion. The Dublin-based pair,...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: March/2023
