Reviews
All the Way Home
Cathy Jordan has stepped out from the front ranks of the band Dervish after more than two decades. Her debut...
Reviewed in issue June/2012
Camarade Lézard
Gari Grèu is a stalwart of Marseille's seminal Massilia Sound System and a collaborator with Moussu T e lei Jovents....
Reviewed in issue June/2012
Good People, Take Warning
The first 20 volumes of The Voice of The People, compiled by series editor Reg Hall from Topic Records’ huge...
Reviewed in issue June/2012
Ingen Hverdag
The Valkyrien Allstars have been big news in the Norwegian folk scene in recent years, winning awards for their feisty...
Reviewed in issue June/2012
The Rough Guide to Fado
Following the success of the first Rough Guide fado compilation album, some eight years later we now have a welcome...
Reviewed in issue June/2012
Wriggle and Writhe
Having recently won both the Best Duo and Best Musician awards at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, expectations are...
Reviewed in issue June/2012
Khoom Loy
Despite her firm background in the tradition, Norway's Annbjørg Lien has always been one of the most forward thinking of...
Reviewed in issue June/2012
Åkerö
Maria Kalaniemi & Timo Alakotila
Two of Finland's most outstanding musicians celebrated 20 years of playing together last year. Kalaniemi and Alakotila were students when...
Reviewed in issue June/2012
Folk Awards 2012
Proper Records have been putting out these compilations, based on the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards nominations, since 2005 and...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2012
The Old Wheel of Fortune
There's an old Irish saying that claims'the older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune.’ It's doubtful whether the fiddles employed...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2012
