Reviews
Night Nurse: The Best Of
Gregory Isaacs, who died at the age of 59 in October last year, was one of the most popular and...
Reviewed by Neil Foxlee in issue: June/2011
The Escape
The Urban Folk Quartet have been a mainstay on the UK folk scene for a good while now, and there's...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
The People
The People is the first album from MA Rouf, the latest band of Iranian-Finnish composer and musician Marouf Majidi. Majidi...
Reviewed by Douglas Macgregor in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
The Kite
The Paris-based Chinese erhu (two-string fiddle) virtuoso Guo Gan has undergone a prolific period lately, releasing albums of his own...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: December/2015
Life in a Paper Boat
This is Kate Rusby's 14th studio album in nearly 25 years as an artist – quite an achievement. Life in...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: December/2016
The Old Wheel of Fortune
There's an old Irish saying that claims'the older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune.’ It's doubtful whether the fiddles employed...
Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: Apr/May/2012
May
You may well have seen and enjoyed The Sweet Lowdown on their first UK tour recently. They’re an award-winning, all-female...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
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
Plight o’ Sheep
It's a powerful, muscular sound that characterises the new release from the intrepid Scots trio. Hard to believe it has...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2023
Northern Sky
Anna, Sheila and Clare Friel of Donegal play the fiddle, flute, tin whistle and uilleann pipes, and between them trade...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2025
