Reviews

Deltu

Pevarlamm

Deltu (Dynamism) is Breton world music, taking its influences from Brittany to Ireland, from Scotland to Galicia, from ceilidh to...

Reviewed in issue June/2016

Anian

9Bach

The Welsh band's third album is a cohesive, interconnected set of original songs and carefully placed Welsh folk songs, including...

Reviewed in issue June/2016

Heavy Wood

Jez Hellard & The Djukella Orchestra

Djukella is an insult, common in the Balkans, meaning mongrel. Hellard and his band have reclaimed it aptly: their music...

Reviewed in issue June/2016

All These Years

Solas

This finds Irish-American luminaries Solas celebrating two decades together in ebullient style. This crowd-funded collection of all-new material brings past...

Reviewed in issue June/2016

It's Klezmer!

You Shouldn’t Know From It

The title says it all really. This is a solid collection of traditional tunes with a handful of originals, including...

Reviewed in issue May/2016

Poyln: A Gilgul

Veretski Pass with Joel Rubin

Although there's been a great revival of klezmer and Jewish music in the former Eastern Bloc, it's still American musicians...

Reviewed in issue May/2016

Summer Isles

Mairearad Green

Inspired by the series of small isles lying in the mouth of Loch Broom in the highlands of Scotland, Mairearad...

Reviewed in issue May/2016

Forgotten Kingdom

Jim Causley

It's been more than a decade since Causley's debut album and his career has encompassed vocal trio The Devil's Interval,...

Reviewed in issue May/2016

Past the Gates

Reelroad

Russian bands have only featured intermittently on the world music scene – one thinks of Sergei Starostin, the Terem Quartet...

Reviewed in issue May/2016

Populaj Kantoj

Massimo Ferrante

Massimo Ferrante's latest album reflects the politics that are the major influence on his life and music. The Calabrian-born, Naples-resident...

Reviewed in issue May/2016