If you’ve a weak spot for sweet vocal harmonies, pop hooks and a soft musical bedding-down in the folk traditions...
Reviewed in issue June/2013
The great, groundbreaking monarch of Portuguese fado hasn’t really been given her due in » terms of disc space in...
Reviewed in issue June/2013
Daniel Kahn & the Painted Bird
American-born, Berlin-based Daniel Kahn is one of the most interesting arrivals on the klezmer scene in the last few years....
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2013
Stefano Saletti & Piccola Banda Ikona
In the wake of the Arab Spring, multi¬instrumentalist Stefano Saletti and his acoustic ensemble have interpreted songs telling of centuries...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2013
There’s a fine line between music that’s tight and that which is so polished it has lost its soul. For...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2013
When the definitive history of Irish folk music comes to be written, The Dubliners will loom large and long in...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2013
Carthy, Hardy, Farrell & Young
Eliza Carthy, Bella Hardy, Lucy Farrell and Kate Young: four women renowned for their singing and Fiddle playing and for...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2013
Roberts'previous album, Too long in This Condition, focused on the ancient, traditional wing of the folk repertoire, and proved to...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2013
José Luis Montón was invited to record for ECM following his contribution to Arco Iris, Amina Alaoui’s delicate mix of...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2013
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