Reviews
The Far Side of the Glen
Derek McGinley & Tara Connaghan
From the opening notes of The Far Side of the Glen, if you know anything about Irish fiddle music you’ll...
Reviewed in issue July/2013
Classic Celtic Music
Any compilation album with ‘Celtic’ in its title is almost certainly worth avoiding, though there are notable exceptions – Ellipsis...
Reviewed in issue July/2013
Dos Amantes
Los Desterrados, meaning ‘the exiles’, formed in 2000 with the aim of bringing ancient Ladino music back to life for...
Reviewed in issue July/2013
Eastern Roads
Serbian vocalist Jovana Backovic once fronted the large Belgrade folk¬rock band ArHai. Settling in London, she looked to develop a...
Reviewed in issue July/2013
Artemis
You’ve got to hand it to them, Mr T and friends have churned out an impressive output, producing five studio...
Reviewed in issue July/2013
Kvite Fuglar
Kvite Fuglar (White Bird) is accompanied, in the liner notes, by a short statement from Unni Boksasp: ‘I've written all...
Reviewed in issue July/2013
Le Bal Brotto Lopez
The duo of Cyrille Brotto (accordion) and Guillaume Lopez (voice, flute and fifes) were energetic contributors to the French Occitan-language...
Reviewed in issue July/2013
Ukronia
This is an album rich in scholarship and serious in intent. Antique songs from Upper Brittany are sung in the...
Reviewed in issue July/2013
Vengeance
Benjamin Biolay has carved himself a niche in the top rank of French popular music, not by genius, but by...
Reviewed in issue July/2013
