Reviews
Grey Falcon
Svetlana Spajic has been researching and performing the village music of Serbs in Serbia itself and further afield for many...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2013
Pizzica Indiavolata
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino
There's no question that this spirited, acclaimed seven-piece acoustic ensemble is the vanguard of the effervescent present-day musical scene in...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2013
Money Isn’t Everything
Rob Heron & the Tea Pad Orchestra
They may be based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne but Rob Heron & the Tea Pad Orchestra have fallen for old-time Americana hook,...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2013
Arriva la Banda!
The music of Salento’s BandAdriatica is redolent of endless voyages around the winding Adriatic Sea on a ship where different...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2013
La Cantiga del Fuego
Madrid-born Ana Alcaide went to Sweden to study as a biologist and came back to Spain to become a professional...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2013
Discover
Bagpipes are among the least sexy, fashionable or popular instruments on the planet – they’re a notch below the harmonica,...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2013
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Faileasan (Reflections)
Faileasan (Reflections) is the result of personal and scholarly research into Argyll's music and Gaelic cultural traditions – one that...
Reviewed in issue March/2013
On Eastern Way
Boris Kovac & David Yengibarian
Composer and saxophonist Boris Kovač is an intriguing figure in Serbian music. Born and based in the Vojvodina region in...
Reviewed in issue March/2013
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
