Reviews
Balkan Beats SoundLab
You can certainly pass a pleasant enough hour listening, dancing or jogging to this. It's a kind of wantonly random...
Reviewed in issue March/2013
Sailing Back to You
Mick McAuley, Winifred Horan & Colm Ó Caoimh
What does one make of an album by three traditional musicians of the Irish genre that features a retro French...
Reviewed in issue March/2013
Electric
Buddy Miller produced Richard Thompson's latest album in his home studio in Nashville. It shows in the sound, which swings...
Reviewed in issue March/2013
Decemberwell
An ambitious challenge was the impetus for Mike Vass’ new album. He aimed to compose and record it in just...
Reviewed in issue March/2013
To the Horizon, Sir
Iain Morrison hails from a village in the wilds of the Isle of Lewis in Scotland's Outer Hebrides. He made...
Reviewed in issue March/2013
Orchestra Popolare Campana
Ever since Orchestra della Notte della Taranta took the stage at the massively well-attended Melpignano folklore night, and the formation...
Reviewed in issue March/2013
Punky Halal
It's been 14 years since French Maghreb-influenced band Les Boukakes first started rocking not just the casbahs but the world...
Reviewed in issue March/2013
Rebetiko Gymnastas
Last hard being lured to his demise by the call of a siren at the climax of his album Marinai,...
Reviewed in issue March/2013
Session A9
It's hard to believe ten years have passed since Session A9 first burst onto the scene in with their raucous...
Reviewed in issue March/2013
