Reviews
Under the Shade of Violets
The French electronica-meet-world-music outfit known as Orange Blossom had been off the radar for a whole ten years until they...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: December/2015
Arzu: Songs of the Uyghurs
Sanubar Tursun comes from a family of musicians and has performed since childhood. The Uyghur people live in north-west China...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
The Rough Guide to the Music of the Mediterranean
Though quite pleasant listening, this CD isn’t a comprehensive cross-section of Mediterranean music, but rather a disparate collection of genres...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: October/2013
Live at the Old Fruitmarket
Live at the Old Fruitmarket marks an incredible ten years for the band, a decade that has seen many changes...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2020
Not Leaving Quietly
Joe Broughton’s Conservatoire Folk Ensemble
A track on a folk album led by a bassoon! That’s a rare pleasure. In ‘Hole in the Wall/Nabo’, the...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2021
3 for Joy
Maddy Prior with Hannah James & Giles Lewin
This is a true meeting of generations. Maddy Prior has a 40-year career behind her. Violinist and piper Giles Lewin...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2013
A Mis Hermanos
Since winning his first singing prize back in 1970, Diego Clavel has steadily gained an admiring audience both inside Spain's...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2015
Laysongs
Nowhere has master mandolinist Thile’s formidable artistry been more fully realized than on Laysongs. Urged on by Nonesuch Records honcho...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2021
Amrat
There is something about discovering one's native tongue after a brief fling abroad with a foreign language. Whether out of...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: March/2023
