Reviews
Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys
The idea was both unexpected and charming: plunder the rich store of mariners’ melodies, real and mock shanties and pirates’...
Reviewed in issue June/2013
Storymap
Lau’s Kris Drever and Salsa Celtica’s Éamonn Coyne got together to record Storymap in Scotland last autumn, with guests including...
Reviewed in issue June/2013
The Rough Guide to Irish Music
Recession and emigration has taken its toll in recent years on Ireland’s traditional music scene, with pub closures, rising alcohol...
Reviewed in issue June/2013
Broken Down Gentlemen
Faustus was the man with the magic touch, though it came at the price of damnation. Faustus the band share...
Reviewed in issue June/2013
L’amour Fou
It’s been 50 years, incredibly, since Françoise Hardy’s first single introduced a demurely beautiful Parisienne to the top ranks of...
Reviewed in issue June/2013
Yidishe Lider
Yidishe Lider is the fruit of an extraordinary project to honour the life and work of Arkady Gendler, who was...
Reviewed in issue June/2013
Los Nostres Vices e Pecats
Els Berros de la Cort are the musical equivalent of a re-enactment group, performing material from the medieval Catalan and...
Reviewed in issue June/2013
The Devil’s Lentil Soup
London-based, German-born violinist Gundula Gruen has long been a shining star in the UK’s Balkan music scene. Her huge musical...
Reviewed in issue June/2013
December Moon
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
A Country’s Soul: 1945-1957
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
