Reviews
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
Child Ballads
Anaïs Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer
There's power in the aoss-traffic of Americans interpreting British traditional music, and vice versa. Bob Dylan's big early songs took...
Reviewed in issue March/2013
