Reviews

Bann

Breabach

Breabach have recently experienced a transformation in line-up, and the title, which translates from the Gaelic for band (or bind),...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2012

Shukar

Toni Kitanovski & Cherkezi Orchestra

Macedonian jazz guitarist Kitanovski studied at the Berklee College of Music in the US, and like most of its graduates...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2012

10

Che Sudaka

It's a great back story: five musicians from Colombia and Argentina living illegally in Barcelona meet playing music on the...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2012

Ropes

Duotone

If you were mesmerised by the dark and soulful debut by English cello, guitar and electronic loop pair Duotone, you're...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2012

Sonnet

Aldona

Aldona is a Polish-born, Paris-based singer who self– released three albums before signing to eclectic German label JARO Medien. She's...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2012

Kissin’ is the Best of A’

Bruce MacGregor, Christine Hanson & Friends

It's been ten years since fiddler MacGregor and cellist Hanson collaborated on 101 Reasons to do Nothing and Kissin’ is...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2012

The Devil's Brides

Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi

Yale Strom is both a researcher into the history of Jewish klezmer music and an excellent violinist. This CD features...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2012

Seljord anno 1935

Per Anders Buen Garnås

When fiddler and writer Per Anders Buen Garnås, son of the famous singer Agnes Buen Garnås, added to his already...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2012

Live On Tour: Union Chapel November 2010

Various Artists

There's not been, to my knowledge, a live album from Norma Waterson. So give a warm hand, please, for this...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2012

Old Chairs to Mend

David Gibb & Elly Lucas

David Gibb's second solo album, There Are Birds in My Garden [reviewed in #79] revealed the adventurous musical mind of...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2012