Reviews
Le Silence de l’Exode
French clarinettist Yom has made seven albums that reflect an eclectic spirit that defies categorisation, underlining the malleability of his...
Reviewed in issue October/2014
Vintage Balkan Beats
While this compilation's title cheekily refers to that club craze for remixes of Balkan brass tunes, the recordings here are...
Reviewed in issue October/2014
Wood Works
This is the not the first jazz or folk release from a classical string quartet that started life as an...
Reviewed in issue October/2014
London Calling
The occasionally forced-sounding jollity of some klezmer might make it a bit of an acquired taste for many, but this...
Reviewed in issue October/2014
A Handful of Sky
This is a pair of musicians steeped in the folk music and traditions of the south-west – Becki Driscoll comes...
Reviewed in issue October/2014
The Call
In the two years since the release of their duo debut, The Queen's Lover, guitarist Russell and fiddle-player Algar have...
Reviewed in issue October/2014
The Rough Guide to Celtic Music
On the plus side, this is a substantially more satisfying compilation than the now-deleted 2005 collection of the same name....
Reviewed in issue October/2014
Largo da Memória
With Largo da Memória (Coast of Memory), Ribeiro confirms himself as one of the most distinctive artists in the new...
Reviewed in issue October/2014
