Reviews
Roots of the Banjo Tree
“What's the definition of perfect pitch?” goes the old joke to which the jocular riposte is “Throwing a banjo into...
Reviewed in issue March/2013
A Bright Star Has Risen
There has always been some tension between Bulgaria as a modern industrialised nation – a member of the European Union,...
Reviewed in issue March/2013
Slečena Koža
Slovene singer Brina Vogelnik and her band have been quietly doing very good work in extending the musical language of...
Reviewed in issue March/2013
Matanë Malit
Increasingly often, recordings turn up for review that might perhaps be referred to under the heading ‘FAWMoR’ – Forcibly Assigned...
Reviewed in issue March/2013
Beginner's Guide to English Folk
There's no shortage of folk compilations out there – be they strange folk, nu-folk, psych-folk or angry folk. When I...
Reviewed in issue March/2013
Cheek Mountain Thief
This album is OK. This album is not terrible. But the buck has to stop somewhere. The world simply does...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2013
The Innocent Left
Following on from their 2008 debut, Shadow and Half Light, and 2010’s Up From The Deep, the duo’s third album...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2013
Argai
The achievements of Ale Möller, and the importance of what he’s done for traditional music should not be understated. He...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2013
Northumbrian Voices
Kathryn Tickell has recorded many of the great traditional musicians of her region, such as the shepherds Willie Taylor and...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2013
Quinto
Little by little, Antonio Zambujo has been expanding his musical universe up to the point where it doesn't really matter...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2013
