Reviews

Gypsy Lover

Faith i Branko

English accordionist and circus performer Faith Elliott loved Balkan music so much that several years ago she landed in Serbia,...

Reviewed in issue June/2016

Deliverance

The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc

It's five years since the first Nordic Fiddlers Bloc album. Since then they have endeared themselves to audiences with their...

Reviewed in issue June/2016

BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2016

VARIOUS ARTISTS

This year sees the 17th BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. They grow ever more prestigious and this year, the Royal...

Reviewed in issue June/2016

Moura

Ana Moura

The second Moura begins it becomes obvious this is no ordinary fado record. It takes just a snippet of ‘Moura...

Reviewed in issue June/2016

Hearts Broken, Heads Turned

Jarlath Henderson

Jarlath Henderson hinted he could sing, as well as playing startlingly good uilleann pipes and whistle, on his 2013 Air-Fix...

Reviewed in issue June/2016

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