Reviews
Me Sijum Underground/I Am Underground
There's long been an underground Roma rap scene across Eastern Europe – in the late noughties Czech rapper GypsyCZ attracted...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014
A Lindisfarne Gospel
In the early eighth century on Holy Island in Northumberland, a man named Eadfrith, working alone, created a glorious masterpiece,...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014
Si Vita Si
If you're imagining Barbara Furtuna as a comely chanteuse from mainland France – perhaps you've spotted that Jacques Brel's ‘Song...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014
One for the Pot
All music begins with the human voice, and The Teacups’ success is borne out of their trust in a pure...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014
The Hum
A neighbour of Belinda O'Hooley and Heidi Tidow brought them news that the sale of a house close by had...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014
Turas
Now this is interesting. A collaboration between Swedish multi-instrumentalist Marit Fält and Oban-born fiddler Rona Wilkie, BBC Scotland's Young Traditional...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014
Fiona Hunter
The eponymously titled debut album from Malinky vocalist and cellist Fiona Hunter marks her out as a formidable and talented...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014
At Our Next Meeting
The Furrow Collective is a four-piece comprising some of the leading young lights in English and Scottish folk and traditional...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014
Where I Come From
If music provides a map of a nation's soul, then Ireland's foremost troubadour, Christy Moore, is a formidable cartographer.There's a...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014
The Rough Guide to Scottish Music
Compiled by broadcaster and singer Mary Ann Kennedy, this latest compilation illustrates the rich variety of the crop of Scottish...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014
