Reviews
Little Bird
More incisive, searing social and political commentary revealing how folk music can speak as much for our times as it...
Reviewed in issue March/2020
Django l'Impressionniste
Perhaps best known for his Grammy-winning soundtrack to Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris, this French-born guitarist and composer has virtually...
Reviewed in issue March/2020
Imaginary Soundtrack
The newest album by the prolific Copenhagen-based composer Paolo Russo is inspired by music for the films of his native...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
Postcards and Pocketbooks: The Best of Bella Hardy
With a career stretching back to her early teens as a member of The Pack, a 12-piece that graced the...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
This is Broken Folk
Percussionist, tap dancer and performance artist Carli Jefferson toured internationally with the physical theatre group Stomp, before meeting non-binary singer...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
Réveteg
Classically-trained viola player Róbert Lakatos (not to be confused with Roby Lakatos) is a leading fiddler (prímas) on the Hungarian...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
Årsringar
Ellinor & Leonor are a traditional music duo who met in Gothenburg, Sweden, and released their debut album five years...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
Here & There
Folk guitar virtuoso and music professor Dimitris Mystakidis started playing professionally as a 16-year-old in Thessaloniki, inspired by his mother's...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
Úrnua
Carl Hession, Eimear Coughlan, Francis Cunningham
The scion of a well-known Count Galway family of traditional musicians, pianist Carl Hession has established himself as a consummate...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
The Victorians
The fourth studio album from the Manchester trio has been three years in the making. It is produced by Darren...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
