Reviews

Sotaque

Budiño

The Galician gaita, like its Celtic forebears the Scottish bagpipes and Irish uilleann pipes, produces rough-edged, high-pitched melodies that dance...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2013

Turbines

Tunng

Flux is the keyword in Tunng's story, from its 2003 beginnings as a loose East London collective through to the...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2013

Smile Som Sumarsole

Firil

Hallingdal is a Norwegian valley whose music is traditionally dominated by the Hardanger fiddle, and hailing is the name of...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2013

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