Reviews
Out of My Own Light: The Margaret S Tait Project
In 1950, Margaret S Tait, aged 25, set out on a solo trip from Orkney across the North Atlantic and...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017
Divé Husy (Wild Geese)
Singer and violinist Jitka Šuranská is a rising star of the Czech music scene, drawing inspiration from the traditional music...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017
Navega!
From Marseille, singer Tatou and crew have continued leaping across to the US, bringing the Occitan language to new audiences....
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017
Spain Forever
This is the latest in a very occasional series of duo albums by the Dominican pianist Michel Camilo and Andalusian...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017
Coda: A Concluding Event
The male a capella trio bring their close-harmonies and politically engaged and socially conscious music-making to a close with Coda....
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017
Farewell to the Homeland: Poyln
Behind this album is the story of the Frand family who travelled from Dubiecko, Poland to the US in the...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017
The Ultimate Guide to English Folk
We’re not short of compilations of British folk music, but this comes with a difference. Its compiler is Jon Boden,...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017
Aqui
This is Carla Pires’ third solo album, though she has notched up many other achievements in a career that stretches...
Reviewed in issue December/2016
Cycle
The themes of recurrence and circularity stand out in Hazel Askew, Rowan Rheingans and Hannah James’ third album as a...
Reviewed in issue December/2016
