Reviews
Hydra
Inspired by the Greek island of Hydra, and by living in a remote village in the Austrian Alps, Irish traditional...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: September/2024
Oriental Mirrors
Romanian improvising unit Multumult have released four studio sessions, but this is their first live album, recorded at Bucharest’s Green...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2024
Folklórica
Folklórica is a dispatch from the world of Danish experimental guitar. It contends that the instrument has under-explored potential, which...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: September/2024
From Berlin to Buenos Aires
The Argentine element comes courtesy of guitarist and composer Carlos Moscardini, a giant in that country’s folk music history. Berlin...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: September/2024
Maison Maquis
This third album by one of France’s leading avant-pop bands is as whacky and genre-defying as the name the two...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: September/2024
Paqueando
Diego Amador & José Maria Bandera
Diego Amador is one of a rare breed: a flamenco pianist. Rarer still he is also a cantaor (singer). Highlighting...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: November/2024
Jesus Ñ Voltará
Originally released in 2023, this is a new deluxe version to take advantage of the attention it has garnered since...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: November/2024
Seven
French blues guitarist and singer Tia Gouttebel teams with Gilles Chabenat (vielle à roue, aka hurdy-gurdy) and Fabrice Bony (percussion)...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: November/2024
Out in La La Land
Martha Spencer is from deep in the Appalachian folk tradition. So deep that she lives on top of a lonely...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: August/2024
