Reviews

Banjaxed

Ciarán Ryan

Banjaxed finds Ciarán Ryan stepping confidently out from the ranks of Edinburgh-based world-folk fusionistas Dallahan to deliver a masterclass in...

Reviewed in issue May/2020

Brasses for the Masses

Džambo Aguševi Orchestra

The future of Balkan brass seems secure in the fast fingers of Macedonian trumpeter Džambo Aguševi and his orchestra who...

Reviewed in issue May/2020

Rujo

Antti Paalanen

I first heard Antti Paalanen when he released Breathbox (2010). In the audience was Kimmo Pohjonen who'd had such strong...

Reviewed in issue May/2020

Monstruos y Duendes Vol 1: Myfyrio

Myrddin

So many non-Spanish guitarists have fallen under the spell of flamenco that it might almost be considered a sub-genre of...

Reviewed in issue May/2020

Te yn y Grug (Tea in the Heather)

Al Lewis

Welsh musician Al Lewis is well established as a singer-songwriter, both as a solo artist and as half of Americana...

Reviewed in issue May/2020

Amoreamaro

Maria Mazzotta

There many reasons to admire singer Maria Mazzotta: for her voice, of course, so brilliant, intimate and dramatic; for her...

Reviewed in issue May/2020

Amália Classics on Portuguese Guitar

Custódio Castelo

While never the diva, Custódio Castelo has nevertheless been an animating presence in the world of fado for many decades...

Reviewed in issue May/2020

In a Lifetime

Clannad

Tickets are on sale for Clannad's farewell tour, and to go with it, various weights of a Best Of anthology,...

Reviewed in issue May/2020

Klingra

Afenginn

In Old Norse afenginn means ‘intoxication and strength’ and it's the name adopted by the musical collective around Danish composer...

Reviewed in issue May/2020

Pill Pilots

Kit Hawes & Aaron Catlow

Bristol-based guitarist Hawes and fiddler Catlow have worked over the years with the likes of Seth Lakeman, Afro Celt Sound...

Reviewed in issue May/2020