Reviews

O Fado em Nós

Pedro Moutinho

For quite some time, it looked like Pedro Moutinho would never live up to the rather unfair job of stepping...

Reviewed in issue July/2016

From Mountain to Mountain

Mary McPartlan

The death in 2015 of Kentucky-born Jean Ritchie at the age of 92 saw the passing of a leading American...

Reviewed in issue July/2016

Une Meeles

Maarja Nuut

The 2013 debut album by the Estonian fiddler and singer Maarja Nuut secured her a WOMEX showcase, which those lucky...

Reviewed in issue July/2016

Mulher do Norte

Claudia Aurora

There is hardly a greater challenge to any fadista than addressing the immaculate and unbeatable Amália Rodrigues’ repertoire. Amália cannot...

Reviewed in issue July/2016

Gnoss

Gnoss

Gnoss are young Orcadians Graham Rorie (fiddle and mandolin) and Aidan Moodie (guitar and vocals), and this is a confident...

Reviewed in issue July/2016

Lichtungen

Matthias Loibner

The hurdy-gurdy is an instrument that lurks slightly in the shadows. It appears in a few folk bands, like Blowzabella,...

Reviewed in issue July/2016

Onwards to Mars!

Fanfare Ciocărlia

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Fanfare Ciocărlia's launch, Onwards to Mars! serves up 14 new recordings. There are a...

Reviewed in issue July/2016

Epleslang

MAAR

Here's a party, a celebration and an exploration by musicians who come from different backgrounds yet who share a chemistry...

Reviewed in issue July/2016

Maggio

Riccardo Tesi & Banditaliana

Maggio stands alongside past highlights from this solid, masterful quartet: it embraces Tuscan and Central Italy's traditional music, hints of...

Reviewed in issue July/2016

Future Sound of Ukraine: Borsh Division

VARIOUS ARTISTS

As Vlad Trotsky, theatre director and conceptual genius behind DakhaBrakha, once put it: ‘Old Europe is tired and cynical and...

Reviewed in issue July/2016