Reviews

Mrak

Boban Marković Orkestar

Boban Marković is a member of a distinguished Romani musical dynasty, an outstanding trumpeter and bandleader, and an inventive composer...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2019

The Magid Chronicles

Veretski Pass & Joel Rubin

At the height of the klezmer revival in the 1980s and 90s, there were dozens of (mainly) US bands reinterpreting...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2019

Feather

Edgelarks

Edgelarks are Devon-based folk duo Hannah Martin and Phillip Henry, and their fifth studio album finds them once again clinging...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2019

Field and Dyke

Danny Pedler & Greg Russell

I grew up in Herefordshire, a place that, like South Holland in Lincolnshire, missed the post-war migrants who came to...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2019

Cuatro

Las Migas

Flamenco dance has been undergoing a quasi-feminist revival for some time, as virtuosos like Sara Baras, María Pagés and Rafaela...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2019

Gákti

Vassvik

Sámi joik singing can be atmospheric and otherworldly, but Norway's Torgeir Vassvik pushes it to an eerie extreme. He chants...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2019

Bullinn

Mattis Kleppen & Resjemheia

Bullinn is the third album from the Norwegian Hardanger fiddler (and prize-winning fiddle maker) Ottar Kåsa, jazz musician Mattis Kleppen...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2019

Neskrotený

Hrdza

Hrdza (Rust) is a Slovakia-based band inspired by the East European folk traditions, consisting of Slavomír Gibarti (vocals, guitars), Susanna...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2019

Inversions

Belinda O'Hooley

While O'Hooley & Tidow's sprightly ‘Gentleman Jack’ has become the theme tune for Sally Wainwright's acclaimed new drama series of...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2019

Salika, Molika

Erlend Apneseth Trio & Frode Haltli

At first, Erlend Apneseth enjoyed the solitude of solo recording, then the Norwegian Hardanger fiddler formed a trio of great...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2019