Reviews

Picasso

Niño Baliardo & Gipsy Dynasty

Legendary French band The Gipsy Kings consist of two sets of brothers – the Baliardos and the Reyes. The Baliardos...

Reviewed in issue June/2012

Kai Tu Užaha?

Hilja Gronfors & Latso Dzinta

I thought I was familiar with most forms of Gypsy music but this album, recorded by the Finnish Roma singer...

Reviewed in issue June/2012

Skulk

Jim Moray

Let's never again speak of Jim Moray as a folk wünderkind. That implies promise not yet fully realised, immaturity, even....

Reviewed in issue June/2012

Empêche-Nous!

Moussu T e lei Jovents

France's favourite southerners are back with more balladry about life in the port city of La Ciotat, near Marseille. This...

Reviewed in issue June/2012

Enthralled

Oliver Schroer & Nuala Kennedy

The aptly titled Enthralled, a collaboration between Canadian fiddler and composer Schroer and Irish flautist and singer Kennedy, is a...

Reviewed in issue June/2012

Gleann Nimhe – The Poison Glen

Altan

The Poison Glen lies under the shadow of the iconic Mount Errigal, Ireland's answer to Mount Fuji. It's not far...

Reviewed in issue June/2012

Jonah

Calan

Calan's avowed intent – according to their press release, at least – is ‘to give traditional music in Wales a...

Reviewed in issue June/2012

The Boréales Sound of Northern Europe

Majorstuen

This five-piece fiddle band from Norway got together a dozen years ago, meeting when most of them were studying at...

Reviewed in issue June/2012

Beginner's Guide to Flamenco

VARIOUS ARTISTS

This three-CD compilation provides the uninitiated with a very thorough grounding in flamenco's staple forms. Tangos, bulerías and alegrías are...

Reviewed in issue June/2012

Crow

Mawkin

The history of this Essex five-piece is a convoluted one. Formed a decade ago, this instrumental act is centred on...

Reviewed in issue June/2012