Reviews

The Makovecz Tour

Félix Lajkó

Violinist Félix Lajkó is pretty well known in Hungary, but not so much outside – despite being one of the...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012

The Same But Different

Dan Walsh

Songlines readers may know Dan Walsh as one half of harmonica-banjo duo Walsh & Pound [featured as a Making Waves...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012

Hook

MacMaster/Hay

Mary MacMaster and Donald Hay form an interesting duo, playing harp and drums. MacMaster is also a member the all-female...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012

Weirdlore: Notes from the Folk Underground

VARIOUS ARTISTS

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

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

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

Quachatta

Samech

This Polish-Jewish four-piece takes its name from the Hebrew letter Samec, a circle that represents infinity. The band’s website tells...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012

Nordic Woman

VARIOUS ARTISTS

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

Oratnitza

Oratnitza

Interpreting traditional songs using contemporary elements, this self¬titled debut album from a Bulgarian quartet is energetic and infectious. Reaching out...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012

New Queens of Fado

VARIOUS ARTISTS

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