Reviews
Schodsbergs Notebok
Jorun Marie Kvernberg & Øyvind Sandum
The Nordic countries have been assiduous in collecting and codifying their folk music, and these two recordings show two different...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2013
Jewish Folksongs from the Shtetl
Olga Mieleszczuk is a classically trained Polish singer and accordionist. In recent years she has focused on Yiddish and Jewish...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2013
Shamrock City
In 1910, a young man named Michael Conway left rural poverty behind in Ireland and took passage across the Atlantic...
Reviewed in issue July/2013
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
