Reviews
Flamenco
By embracing the Spanish folk song form copla and merging influences from pop, Diana Navarro joined a new wave of...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2012
Cirque Insomnia
There is plenty about the Bristol-based band Sheelanagig that is rooted in Southern and Eastern European musical traditions. This album...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2012
Hatchling
Emily Portman’s debut album, The Glamoury (reviewed in #68), launched a distinctive voice and songwriter on the 21st century folk...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2012
Alde
Alde, meaning ‘swell’ in English, perfectly sums up the feel of this debut solo album from Hardanger fiddle player Benedicte...
Reviewed in issue July/2012
Pannonian Songs
Andrea Rost is one of Hungary’s best-known opera singers, with an international career performing at opera houses from La Scala...
Reviewed in issue July/2012
Marinai, Profeti e Balene
This idiosyncratic Italian songwriter has often been compared to Tom Waits and Paolo Conte but vocally, and also in regard...
Reviewed in issue July/2012
No More Wings
The harpist Rachel Hair, weary of the angelic associations of her instrument, determined with her third album to reveal another...
Reviewed in issue July/2012
Local Stranger
Classically trained Alkinoos Ioannidis has been recording and performing world-wide since 1993. One of the younger generation of guitar-playing Greek...
Reviewed in issue July/2012
O Mistério
It hasn’t been easy since Teresa Salgueiro left Portugal’s Madredeus. While the band are still looking for a fitting substitute...
Reviewed in issue July/2012
