Reviews
Weirdlore: Notes from the Folk Underground
Weirdlore is a tag conceived by fRoots magazine editor Ian Anderson to describe a disparate collection of artists and bands...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012
The Whole Affair – The Very Best of Mary Coughlan
Four years since her last release, the finest jazz and blues singer Ireland has produced since the late Ottilie Patterson...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012
Broadside
Bellowhead are a heavy metal outfit, Reich-like minimalists, vocal harmony virtuosi, a brass-blasting jazz combo, a shanty crew and squeezebox-driven...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012
Nordic Woman
Nordic Woman’s hauntingly beautiful opening flute melody could hail from any number of musical origins, but what follows is a...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012
New Queens of Fado
There are plenty of fado compilations out there, and this one doesn’t do much to distinguish itself. The title naturally...
Reviewed in issue October/2012
The No Testament
Sam Carter released his debut album, Keepsakes, three years ago, demonstrating an advanced guitar -picking skill honed from the mentorship...
Reviewed in issue October/2012
Sonche Atlántico
This short, finely-crafted album by Galician multi-instrumentalist Pancho Álvarez – his fourth solo record – reveals an artist on fine...
Reviewed in issue October/2012
Based on True Events
After forming on a boat (the MV Halton) during the 2007 Orkney Folk Festival this quartet – consisting of Adam...
Reviewed in issue October/2012
