Reviews
Namer of Clouds
The debut album of young Somerset singer Kitty Macfarlane features striking original songs alongside two traditional Somerset pieces from the...
Reviewed in issue November/2018
Archival Recordings of the Legendary Lead Violinist from Myjava in 1929-1957
Samko Dudík (1880-1967) was a Slovak Gypsy fiddler and band leader, but more than that he was a larger-than-life personality...
Reviewed in issue November/2018
Mostar Sevdah Reunion Presents Sreta: The Balkan Autumn
The music filtered for consumption by the ‘world music industry’ may well bear little relationship to the music listened to...
Reviewed in issue November/2018
A Tiempo Real
Poetry ripples through this album of traditional Spanish songs from Toledo-based ensemble Vigüela. It's in the song titles – ‘The...
Reviewed in issue November/2018
The Unfinished Violin
Sam Sweeney's Fiddle: Made in the Great War show toured from 2014 to last year, and he has chosen that...
Reviewed in issue November/2018
Balkan Projekt
Cimbaliband are one of Hungary's great party bands. As their name suggests, the hammered cimbalom, as played by Balázs Unger,...
Reviewed in issue November/2018
Hugsjá
In 2014, Norway's Ivar Bjørnson and Einar Selvik were commissioned to create an album to mark the 200th anniversary of...
Reviewed in issue November/2018
Road to the North
Graham Mackenzie (fiddle), David Shedden (pipes/whistle), and Innes White (guitar/mandolin) have performed together as a trio for some years, but...
Reviewed in issue November/2018
Sim
There are two great regional fado traditions. The more popular comes from Lisbon and includes pretty much every artist known...
Reviewed in issue November/2018
Katta ame aava? (Where Do We Come From?)
Finland has a small Roma community and a tango scene – both the music and the dance. So much so...
Reviewed in issue November/2018
