Reviews

Eastern Moon Rising

Boris Kovac & La Campanella

Serbian sax player Kovač is fond of wearing an incandescent pink suit. It's perhaps not the garb you'd expect: there...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014

Drawing in an Almond

Katerina Papadopoulou

Greek singer Katerina Papadopoulou was previously unknown to me, but due diligence proves it's been my oversight. This album was...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014

Tuneship

Daimh

Daimh have long been regarded as one of the most exciting Gaelic bands on the live scene. Tuneship sees the...

Reviewed in issue March/2014

The Cauld Wind

Chris Stout & Finlay MacDonald

Contrary to what you might imagine, the duo of Chris Stout and Finlay MacDonald have not taken their album title...

Reviewed in issue March/2014

Urlar

Breabach

Recently voted live act of the year at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards, Breabach have established themselves as...

Reviewed in issue March/2014

Fado e Amor

Carlos do Carmo

Fado fans will hoover up this disc of duets between Carlos do Carmo, who is something of an elder statesman...

Reviewed in issue March/2014

NyeSongar.no

Karl Seglem

Karl Seglem is important to the Norwegian music scene for many reasons: as a hugely respected tenor sax player, as...

Reviewed in issue March/2014

A Famous Local Singer

Bobo Rondelli e L’Orchestrino

Perhaps it’s down to the peculiarities of the Italian education system, which refuses to unleash graduates until their late 20s,...

Reviewed in issue March/2014

Strange News

Blowzabella

Thirty-five years ago, an English dance tune named ‘Blowzabella’ was found in the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library of Cecil Sharp...

Reviewed in issue March/2014

Air-Fix

Ross Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson

Opening their album with an exhilarating set of tunes, including Gordon Duncan’s ‘Full Moon Down Under’, helps sets the scene...

Reviewed in issue March/2014