Reviews

Diphtong

Gisen, Ulvsand & Tullberg

Wooden flute and clarinet both have quite a history in Swedish music but have rarely, if ever, been heard together...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2013

Radio Cos

Radio Cos

Xurxo Fernandes and Quique Peón are pandeireteiros – tambourine men. Popular on the folk circuit in their native Galicia, they...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2013

The Lost Tapes

Rodion GA

Every now and then a release sneaks out of the woodwork that nobody is prepared for. Strut have stumbled upon...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2013

Stand Up, People: Gypsy Pop Songs From Tito's Yugoslavia 1964-1980

VARIOUS ARTISTS

When students Philip Knox and Nathaniel Morris found they shared a passion for Balkan music, specifically the kind discovered in...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2013

Fire & Fortune

Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker

There's a strong tradition of classically trained musicians and composers who have been absorbed by and into the folk tradition...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2013

VAMM

VAMM

VAMM, a trio of top-notch folk musicians, demand your attention from the very first track of their debut album. Patsy...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2013

3G

Angus Lyon

Angus Lyon is one of Scotland's most inventive, energetic and versatile musical figures. He's a terrific accordionist, known for his...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2013

Lux

Afenginn

The group Afenginn comprises Kim Rafael Nyberg, a Finnish composer, and a collection of Danish musicians. They are working in...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2013

Schodsbergs Notebok

Jorun Marie Kvernberg & Øyvind Sandum

The Nordic countries have been assiduous in collecting and codifying their folk music, and these two recordings show two different...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2013

Jewish Folksongs from the Shtetl

Olga Mieleszczuk

Olga Mieleszczuk is a classically trained Polish singer and accordionist. In recent years she has focused on Yiddish and Jewish...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2013